Relations are tenuous as peace talks resume between warring factions.
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Tenuous
//ˈtɛn.ju.əs//
Synonyms for "tenuous" (163 found)
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Adjective(4 words)
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6 entriesderived
3 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- несъществен adj (insubstantial)
- слаб adj (thin in substance or consistency)
- тънък adj (thin in substance or consistency)
Catalan
1 entries- tènue adj (thin in substance or consistency)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 弱勢 /弱势 adj (thin in substance or consistency)
Czech
4 entries- chabý adj (insubstantial)
- chatrný adj (insubstantial)
- jemný adj (thin in substance or consistency)
- nejistý adj (precarious)
Dutch
2 entries- dunnetjes adj (thin in substance or consistency)
- onbelangrijk adj (thin in substance or consistency)
Finnish
2 entries- hatara adj (thin in substance or consistency)
- puutteellinen adj (thin in substance or consistency)
French
1 entries- ténu adj (thin in substance or consistency)
German
4 entries- angreifbar adj (insubstantial)
- dünn adj (thin in substance or consistency)
- dürftig adj (thin in substance or consistency)
- dürftig adj (insubstantial)
Portuguese
2 entries- ténue adj (thin in substance or consistency)
- tênue adj (thin in substance or consistency)
Russian
4 entries- жи́дкий adj (thin in substance or consistency)
- несуще́ственная adj (insubstantial)
- несуще́ственное adj (insubstantial)
- несуще́ственный adj (insubstantial)
Spanish
1 entries- tenue adj (thin in substance or consistency)
Walloon
1 entries- tene adj (thin in substance or consistency)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The greatest wisdom has no shape; the greatest vessel is the latest to be completed; the greatest music has the most tenuous notes.
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Swadesh's glottochronology was based on the tenuous thesis that all languages have a core vocabulary that undergoes replacement at a constant rate.
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You were trying to draw an extremely tenuous connection between cultures of two cities known for their animosity.
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