- TENUOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Something tenuous has been stretched thin and might break at any time A person with a tenuous hold on his sanity should be watched carefully If a business is only tenuously surviving, it will probably go bankrupt in the next recession
- TENUOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
TENUOUS definition: 1 A tenuous connection, idea, or situation is weak and possibly does not exist: 2 thin, weak… Learn more
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TENUOUS definition: lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak See examples of tenuous used in a sentence
- Tenuous - definition of tenuous by The Free Dictionary
1 insignificant or flimsy: a tenuous argument 2 slim, fine, or delicate: a tenuous thread 3 diluted or rarefied in consistency or density: a tenuous fluid
- TENUOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you describe something such as a connection, a reason, or someone's position as tenuous, you mean that it is very uncertain or weak The cultural and historical links between the many provinces were seen to be very tenuous This decision puts the President in a somewhat tenuous position
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Definition of tenuous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
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tenuous (comparative more tenuous, superlative most tenuous) Thin in substance or consistency synonyms Synonyms: delicate, gossamer; see also Thesaurus: fragile The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands
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tenuous, adj meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
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