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tenuous

British pronunciation/tˈɛnjuːəs/
American pronunciation/ˈtɛnjəwəs/
1

lacking substance or significance

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2

very delicate, watery, or thin

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Examples
1Things are tenuous.
2The presidential election of 1876 was tenuous.
3Restaurant businesses and food businesses are very tenuous.
4The chain of events here is too tenuous.
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