tenuous
adjective
lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak.
tenuousness
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a word derived from
tenuous.
Example Sentences
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In the world of cold, hard facts, there was tenuousness to what the Kraken accomplished.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Regardless of how they're used, they represent a sort of holiday-adjacent stability amidst the tenuousness of everyday life.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2022
It’s as if Calle wants us to consider the tenuousness of our own connections, to remind us that we are always constructing or reinventing the people in our lives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
Success like that, and how accurate rumors have been in years past, can make it easier to forget the tenuousness of rumors — no matter how many times people like Marques Brownlee remind us.
From The Verge ● Sep. 15, 2021
As if to emphasize the tenuousness of Levi Saunders’ existence, he became violently ill the day following his bar mitzvah and was taken by ambulance to the Brooklyn Memorial Hospital.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
