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- adjective Common misspelling of
tenuous . - adjective
insubstantial orflimsy - adjective
weak ,thin ordilute
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Examples
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I love the Obama family and voted unashamedly for President Obama; ANYTHING was better than what we had for 8 years that ruined our country, placed us in tenous and awkward positions with other countries and left us in a terrible hole.
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SO ... look out friends ... our meager and tenous thread that has allowed us to continue to drive our old, reliable, beloved trucks is about to be severed.
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SO ... look out friends ... our meager and tenous thread that has allowed us to continue to drive our old, reliable, beloved trucks is about to be severed.
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SO ... look out friends ... our meager and tenous thread that has allowed us to continue to drive our old, reliable, beloved trucks is about to be severed.
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Things looked beyond tenous there for a long minute, but thanks to "bold action" indeed, I no longer fear coming to work to find an 'out of business' sign plastered across the front door.
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Sen. Kennedy is fully aware of his tenous state of health.
Kennedy urges immediate Senate replacement if vacancy occurs 2009
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Pretty big names, although I think the Oregon connection is somewhat tenous, as I think both merely passed through Oregon (Sacajawea to guide Lewis and Clark and Chief Joseph to flee the U.S. Army).
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SO ... look out friends ... our meager and tenous thread that has allowed us to continue to drive our old, reliable, beloved trucks is about to be severed.
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SO ... look out friends ... our meager and tenous thread that has allowed us to continue to drive our old, reliable, beloved trucks is about to be severed.
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"What else?" he asks, apparently ready to face the music about his somewhat tenous place in the American canon.
Me and J.D. Salinger at Burger King Con Chapman 2011
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