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tenuous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | tenuity |
a tenuous fluid.
tenuous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | tenuity |
a tenuous thread.
Examples of tenuous
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Democrats hold a tenuous filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, with 60 votes.
From the edition.cnn.com
Unlike Greco and Lichtensteiger, Parmele's draft prospectswere somewhat tenuous.
From the toledoblade.com
Who benefits, in any way, from making such a tenuous and speculative connection?
From the scienceblogs.com
Also more tenuous than four years ago is the bond between Washington and Israel.
From the orlandosentinel.com
He knew he had a tenuous hold on schools wallowing in a league 3,300 miles long.
From the denverpost.com
Often his responses are frustratingly tenuous in relation to the question asked.
From the guardian.co.uk
Non-tenured junior faculty members are usually in an even more tenuous position.
From the guardian.co.uk
The episode is Mack's first lesson in just how tenuous our grip on normality is.
From the time.com
Continuity problems, in turn, might undermine security, which is still tenuous.
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- Having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"
- Very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"
- Flimsy: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
- (tenuously) in a tenuous manner; "his works tenuously survive in the minds of a few scholars"
- Doubt, a status between belief and , involves uncertainty or distrust or lack of sureness of an alleged fact, an action, a motive, or a decision. ...
- Thin in substance or consistency; Lacking importance
- (adj.) having little substance or strength (Your argument is very tenuous, since it relies so much on speculation and hearsay.)
- (adj) - without substance, weak, flimsy
- Thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported
