Synonym: flimsy, slight, thin. Similar words: ingenuous, continuous, attenuate, superfluous, sumptuous, assiduous, innocuous, ambiguous. Meaning: ['tenjʊəs] adj. 1. having little substance or significance 2. having thin consistency 3. very thin in gauge or diameter.
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31 But who could have anticipated the stumbling around, the tenuous grip on reality?
32 In fact, of course, much of this material bore only a tenuous similarity to its genuinely customary counterparts.
33 Nevertheless, the mountain goat maintains a tenuous but firm hold in its cruel environment, even though catastrophe is never far away.
34 Consider the view that the link between aggregate consumption and current measured income is a tenuous one. 4.
35 Recently published documentary evidence enables one to support these possibly tenuous impressions with fact, however.
36 The relationship between sociological theories of the causes of crime and theories about its treatment is much more tenuous.
37 For both religions, the attachment of the soul to the body was quite tenuous and temporary.
38 The link between civil nuclear power and military weaponry is, in Britain at least, tenuous.
39 Once we move beyond the primary sensory receiving areas the situation gets even more tenuous.
40 The final assumption, which is actually a subcategory of the second assumption, may be a bit more tenuous.
41 Before the I-point life was tenuous; indeed it faced a steep uphill slope.
42 The road from Salen is the tenuous lifeline of Ardnamurchan, the vital link with the world outside its boundaries.
43 Even quite small bodies can penetrate the tenuous atmosphere of Mars and cause erosive explosions on its surface.
44 Fitzwilliam's brothers-in-law also seem to have had ducal connections, although these are more tenuous.
45 Instead, extraordinarily tenuous arguments were used to relate the competition results to Scott's appointment.
46 Times are tough and many politicians have only a tenuous grip on power.
47 Ever since, she has always felt that she has a tenuous grip upon life.
48 During this period, Ireland's contact with Rome was often difficult and tenuous.
49 The cross - dating links were often tenuous.
50 a tenuous hold on life.
51 The tenuous position of New Orleans is no secret.
52 Then there's the tenuous rule of law.
53 He gave a tenuous account of his past life. Sentencedict.com
54 The historical links between many provinces were seen to be very tenuous.
55 For instance, a wholesale distributor faces risks of over- and under-supply positions, tenuous supply sources, and unnecessarily high purchase prices.
56 Mitra admits that the analogies between bird culture and human culture are tenuous.
57 But they left only tenuous intellectual ties between Maoism and Marxism.
58 Karl's relationships with Anthony, Smith and Martin are tenuous at best.
59 The oft - cited correlation with monetary conditions is tenuous, too.
60 Concentration of control of mass media has congealed at a tenuous time in national history.
More similar words: ingenuous, continuous, attenuate, superfluous, sumptuous, assiduous, innocuous, ambiguous, penurious, incongruous, tempestuous, promiscuous, conspicuous, presumptuous, contentious, pretentious, ostentatious, pretentiousness, menu, avenue, penury, revenue, duodenum, ingenuity, penultimate, renunciation, to the number of, a large number of, tent, often.