tenuous

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(tĕn'yū-əs) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Long and thin; slender: tenuous strands.
  2. Having a thin consistency; dilute.
  3. Having little substance; flimsy: a tenuous argument.

[Latin tenuis.]

tenuously ten'u·ous·ly adv.
tenuousness ten'u·ous·ness n.

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adjective

    Having little substance or significance; not solidly based: feeble, flimsy, insubstantial, unsubstantial. See strong/weak.


adj

Definition: weak, thin
Antonyms: healthy, significant, stable, strong, substantial, thick

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Having little substance or significance; weak.

pronunciation There is a tenuous connection between what is written and what really happened.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tynd, fin, svag, spinkel

Nederlands (Dutch)
zwak

Français (French)
adj. - fragile, mince, précaire, faible (un argument)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - dünn, unwesentlich, schwach

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αραιός, ισχνός, λεπτός, ελαφρός, δευτερεύων, επουσιώδης, σαθρός

Italiano (Italian)
tenue

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tênue, delgado, frágil, sutil

Русский (Russian)
шаткий, слабый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - tenue, sutil, enrarecido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tunn, fin

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
纤细的, 贫乏的, 稀薄的, 平淡的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 纖細的, 貧乏的, 稀薄的, 平淡的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 얇은, 희박한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 薄い, 細い, 乏しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير كثيف, رقيق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דק, עדין, דליל, קלוש, חלש, לא משכנע‬


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