tenuous

Day 34Level 3

TEN-yoo-us

thin, weak

Part of Speech: adjective

Synonyms:

flimsy, insubstantial, slender

Antonyms:

substantial, thick, strong

Example Sentence:

We will doggedly defend them regardless of their tenuous links to reality.

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