transcription, транскрипция: [ tenjuəs ]
If you describe something such as a connection, a reason, or someone’s position as tenuous , you mean that it is very uncertain or weak.
The cultural and historical links between the many provinces were seen to be very tenuous...
≠ strong
ADJ
• tenu‧ous‧ly
The sub-plots are only tenuously interconnected.
ADV : ADV with v