tenuous
/ˈtɛn.ju.əs/ adjective C2- Thin in substance or consistency. · The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.
- Insubstantial. · His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.
- Precarious, dependent upon unreliable things.
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