tenuous

🇺🇸 /ˈtenjuəs/ 🇬🇧 /ˈtenjuəs/
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adjective
R

Something that is very weak or not very strong.

The connection between the two ideas was quite tenuous.

R

Something that is very thin, like a thread.

The silk from the spider's web was tenuous and delicate.

translation

adj. Something that is very weak or not very strong.; Something that is very thin, like a thread.

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