Adjective
- 1. tenuous, thin (vs. thick)
- usage: having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"
- 2. tenuous, thin (vs. thick)
- usage: very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"
- 3. flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin, insignificant (vs. significant), unimportant
- usage: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
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