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Word entry · 7 letters

tenuous

Best crossword clue

"Weak and thin"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɛn.ju.əs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted enostuuStarts with TEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2E3N4U5O6U7S

Definitions

  1. lacking substance or significance

Word origin

Irregularly formed from Latin tenuis (“thin, slight”) + -ous. Compare tenuious.

Used in a sentence

  • The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.
  • Far from being amicable, the numbers seemed to turn their backs on each other, and I couldn't find a pair with even the most tenuous connection.
  • His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.

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