tenuous

[ten·u·ous]

If something is tenuous it's thin, either literally or metaphorically. If you try to learn a complicated mathematical concept by cramming for 45 minutes, you will have a tenuous grasp of that concept, at best.

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Thin; slender; small; minute.

Adjective S.
having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

Adjective S.
very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"

Adjective S.
having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"

a.
Thin; slender; small; minute.

a.
Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.

a.
Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.

Tenuous

Ten"u*ous , a. [L. tenuis thin. See Thin, and cf. Tenuis.] 1. Thin; slender; small; minute. 2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.

Thin; slender; small; minute.

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Usage Examples

The Bush administration also was not straightforward about the intelligence it had, releasing tenuous information that fit its goal of attacking Iraq. I feel deceived.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous.

Every relationship is just so tenuous and precarious.