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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1614/
- Published: 2024-06-30T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-18T18:26:35.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-20 04:39

The word for today is…

tenuous (adjective):

1a: having little substance or strength : flimsy, weak  
b: shaky  
2: not thick : slender  
3: not dense : rare

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenuous?ref=goodoil.news)

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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