TENUOUS

flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin

(adjective) lacking substance or significance; “slight evidence”; “a tenuous argument”; “a thin plot”; “a fragile claim to fame”

tenuous

(adjective) very thin in gauge or diameter; “a tenuous thread”

tenuous

(adjective) having thin consistency; “a tenuous fluid”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

tenuous (comparative more tenuous, superlative most tenuous)

Thin in substance or consistency.

Synonyms: delicate, gossamer, Thesaurus:fragile

Insubstantial.

Synonyms: ethereal, Thesaurus:insubstantial

Source: Wiktionary


Ten"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. tenuis thin. See Thin, and cf. Tenuis.]

1. Thin; slender; small; minute.

2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.

Definition: Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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