tenuous
thin, weak, or slight
Roots
- -ous / -ious: full of or marked by a quality
- tenu / tenuis: thin, slender, weak, or stretched
Other words with the tenu / tenuis root
- attenuate: to weaken, thin, or reduce
- attenuation: weakening or reduction in force
- extenuate: to make a fault seem less serious
- extenuating: making guilt or blame seem less severe
- tenuity: thinness or slenderness
Tenu means thin. A tenuous argument is stretched thin, not held firmly.
The connection between the rumor and the evidence was tenuous at best.