tenuous (C1)
adjective
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.jʊ.əs/
Definition
A connection or relationship that is weak or barely existing, often to the point of being questionable or unimportant.
Examples
The tenuous thread of their conversation was broken when the phone rang.
There is a tenuous connection between the two ideas, but it's not immediately clear.
The company's tenuous grip on the market was threatened by the arrival of a new competitor.
How to Use tenuous
- have a tenuous connection (idiom)
- to have a weak or barely existing relationship — "The two companies have a tenuous connection through a shared supplier."
- be tenuously linked (phrase)
- to be connected in a weak or uncertain way — "The two ideas are tenuously linked, but the connection is not immediately clear."
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