tenuous
weak, slight, or lacking a solid basis
Word origin: From Latin tenuis, thin.
Tenuous in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing tenuous in a sentence.
The link between the two events was so tenuous that no one took the theory seriously.
The connection between the two events was so tenuous that the panel declined to treat one as a cause of the other.
Using “tenuous” well
Tenuous means weak, slight, or lacking a solid basis, as in a tenuous argument or a tenuous grip. It opposes anything strong or substantial.
More GRE words starting with T
understood or implied without being openly stated
habitually reserved and uncommunicative in speech
only loosely relevant; diverging from the main point
perceptible by touch or concrete enough to be grasped
to twist together into a confused or knotted mass
equivalent in effect or value to something else
to dull or damage the luster, reputation, or purity of something
needlessly repeating an idea using different words
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