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tenuousadjective lacking strength, permanence, or resilienceThe countries formed a tenuous political alliance. The moon has a tenuous atmosphere that frequently fluctuates in thickness. eggshell, flimsy, insubstantial, slight, unsubstantialbreakable, delicate, fragile, frail, frangibledainty, fine, gossamerdodgy(chiefly British), doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, problematic(also problematical), questionable, shady, shaky, suspect, suspicious, uncertain feeble, soft, weak firm, hard, rigid, solid, substantial, unyieldingelastic, flexible, resilient, rubberlike, rubbery, springy, stretch, stretchable, suppleinfrangible, nonbreakable, strong, sturdy, tough, unbreakable thin, slender, slim, slight, tenuous mean not thick, broad, abundant, or dense.thin implies comparatively little extension between surfaces or in diameter, or it may imply lack of substance, richness, or abundance.thin wire a thin soup slender implies leanness or spareness often with grace and good proportion.the slender legs of a Sheraton chair slim applies to slenderness that suggests fragility or scantiness.a slim volume of poetry a slim chance slight implies smallness as well as thinness.a slight build tenuous implies extreme thinness, sheerness, or lack of substance and firmness.a tenuous thread in 1597 |