tenuous
Example Sentences
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Should he prevail in this case, he could raise almost any sort of tax simply by invoking an emergency with some foreign connection, however tenuous.
Most cannot, and baseball should be able to find ways to share the wealth without risking its tenuous but growing popularity by locking out players in pursuit of a salary cap.
From Los Angeles Times
The new bill will make this argument more tenuous, as it says that consent must be "free and informed, specific, prior and revocable",
From BBC
Admittedly, as my quest progressed, the connections to Shelley’s tale became more tenuous.
He was doing well—had learned to walk on time and was enjoying preschool, two things that were never guaranteed—but his success felt tenuous.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
