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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "tenuous"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ

very weak or insubstantial
Disapproving
Formal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His tenuous grasp of the subject became clear during the difficult exam.
āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž, āύāĻžāϜ⧁āĻ•

very delicate or thin
Formal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tenuous thread of hope she clung to faded as each day passed without any news.
āφāĻļāĻžāϰ āϏ⧂āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āϝāĻž āϏ⧇ āφāρāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϕ⧋āύ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āϤāϰāϞ, āϜāϞāĻŽāϝāĻŧ

(of liquids) having a weak or diluted consistency, similar to being thin or watery
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After adding too much water, the sauce became tenuous and lost its thickness.
āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāϧāĻŋāĻ• āϜāϞ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϏāϏ āϤāϰāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āϘāύāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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