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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. having thin consistency;
- Example: "a tenuous fluid"

2. very thin in gauge or diameter;
- Example: "a tenuous thread"

3. lacking substance or significance;
- Example: "slight evidence"
- Example: "a tenuous argument"
- Example: "a thin plot" a fragile claim to fame";
[syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tenuous \Ten"u*ous\, a. [L. tenuis thin. See Thin, and cf.
   Tenuis.]
   1. Thin; slender; small; minute.
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   2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tenuous
    adj 1: having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"
    2: very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"
    3: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a
       tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
       [syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin]