Definition of tenuous Tenuous
/tɛˈnjʌwʌs/ - [tenyuwus] - ten•u•ous
We found 10 definitions of tenuous from 5 different sources.
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What does tenuous mean?
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Adjectivetenuous, tenuouser, tenuousest |
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| tenuous - very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread" | ||
| thin lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare | ||
| tenuous - having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid" | ||
| thin lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare | ||
| tenuous - lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" | ||
| flimsy, fragile, slight, thin | ||
| unimportant, insignificant not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant" | ||
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- tenuous (Adjective)
Thin in substance or consistency. - tenuous (Adjective)
insubstantial.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tenuous (a.)
Thin; slender; small; minute. - tenuous (a.)
Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids. - tenuous (a.)
Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.
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specially thin (yarn or thread)
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