About The Word Tenuous
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Tenuous
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What's The Definition Of Tenuous?
[adj] having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
[adj] very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread" [adj] having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid" Synonyms | Synonyms for Tenuous: flimsy | slight | thin | weak Related Terms | Find terms related to Tenuous: See Also | Tenuous In Webster's Dictionary \Ten"u*ous\, a. [L. tenuis thin. See {Thin}, and cf.
{Tenuis}.]
1. Thin; slender; small; minute.
2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
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