tenuous
adjective/ˈtenjuəs/
/ˈtenjuəs/
- so weak or uncertain that it hardly exists
- a tenuous hold on life
- His links with the organization turned out to be, at best, tenuous.
- extremely thin and easily broken
- the tenuous threads of a spider’s web
Word Originlate 16th cent.: formed irregularly from Latin tenuis ‘thin’ + -ous.
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