tenuous

/ˈtenjuəs/ adjective

Translation

› A tenuous connection, idea, or situation is weak and possibly does not exist.

zayıf, güçsüz, uzun sürmez, yetersiz

The court is unlikely to accept such tenuous evidence.1759

tenuously adverb ›

narin bir biçimde

(Definition of tenuous adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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