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tenuous - Dictionary definition and meaning for tenuous

TENUOUS

  • (adj.) lacking substance or significance

    "slight evidence", "a tenuous argument", "a thin plot", "a fragile claim to fame"

    synonyms : flimsy , fragile , slight , thin

  • (adj.) very thin in gauge or diameter

    "a tenuous thread"

  • (adj.) having thin consistency

    "a tenuous fluid"

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Mnemonics for tenuous

  • (Tag: ) this word sound very close to TENNIS....and most of the female TENNIS PLAYERS ARE VERY SLIM AND THIN...

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  • (Tag: ) TENUOUS can be split as TEN+US,so TEN of us goin to USa together,the chances are very SLIM and it'll be a RARITY

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  • (Tag: ) Tenuous comes from Attenuate. Attenuate means to make thin.

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  • (Tag: ) tenous...this word it extracted from Latin tenuis means...thin, slight...

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  • (Tag: ) split it "Ten+of+us". It is a rare possiblity that ten of us will accomodate in car

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  • (Tag: ) this word is delibrately mispronounced some times as tenyeas....tenyears....so your ten years daughter is very thin.........and slim.....

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  • (Tag: ) Tenuous and Bulbous are rhyming words with different meanings. Tenuous is something slim or thin while Bulbous is something fat and round .

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  • (Tag: English) Read TENUOUS as 'TEN of U vs twO of US', so when ur only two against ten, u become "WEAK AND INSUBSTANTIAL"( Insubstantial : lacking strength and solidity ).

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  • (Tag: ) tenuous can be related to tension..in tension a person is weak....

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  • (Tag: ) me playin TENNIS is a tenuous idea

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  • (Tag: ) TEN+US....the plane we hired to go to gre could manage only 10 people because the plane was TENUOUS

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  • (Tag: ) tenuous sounds like "Thin" and fragile

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  • (Tag: ) though ten of us are thin ,its very rare to fit in the car

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  • (Tag: ) ten u or us:so doubtful,uncertain; tender: easily broken so must be thin

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  • (Tag: ) think about Tin can which is thin

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  • (Tag: ) tenuous = tenis. tenis players(female) are thin and generally lack substance - they are more hype.

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  • (Tag: ) Tenuous sound like tender, and tender meat is soft/flimsy

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  • (Tag: ) TEN of US can only cook a TENUOUS dish... for too many cooks spoil the dish..

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  • (Tag: ) tenuous-sounds like strenuous. under strain we become fragile and thin

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