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tenuous (adjective):
1a: having little substance or strength : flimsy, weak
b: shaky
2: not thick : slender
3: not dense : rare
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Something tenuous has been stretched thin and might break at any time. A person with a tenuous hold on his sanity should be watched carefully. If a business is only tenuously surviving, it will probably go bankrupt in the next recession. If there seems to be only a tenuous connection between two crimes, it means the investigators have more work to do. First known use of tenuous was in 1597.
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