Both Uses of
tenuous
in
The Bourne Identity
- Both are constructed out of lies, the first connected to the second by tenuous speculation-public speculation-on a banking crisis that would never be made public, unless and until a thorough and private investigation proved the facts.†
Chpt 18 *
- Oh, God, the balance was tenuous!†
Chpt 33
Definitions:
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(1)
(tenuous) weak or having little substance
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, tenuous can mean that something is thin in consistency or diameter.