🌫️ Thinness or weakness 🧩 Lack of strength

tenuousness

8.1

A thin or not thick state often about air

noun
/ˈtɛnjʊəsnəs/

: tenuidad

The tenuousness of the atmosphere at high altitudes makes breathing more difficult for climbers.

Examples

The tenuousness of the fabric made it unsuitable for heavy use.
Scientists measured the tenuousness of the gas to determine if life could exist on the planet.
The tenuousness of the evidence made it hard to support the theory.
The tenuousness of the air at high altitudes can affect breathing.
The tenuousness of the fabric made it unsuitable for heavy use.
The tenuousness of the atmosphere at high altitudes makes breathing more difficult for climbers.
The tenuousness of the air at high altitudes can affect breathing.

Synonyms

lightness

vstenuousness

3 2.6

A small weight that feels easy to carry

includes low weight but also covers thin, weak, or low density material

thinness

vstenuousness

1 4.2

Lack of strong, detailed ideas or proof in a text

adds the idea of low mass or low density to that lack

sparseness

vstenuousness

1 6.8

A small number or amount that is spread out

focuses more on physical fragility and reduced mass than distribution

low density

vstenuousness

Specialized

1 3.7

A small amount of material in a space like foam or gas

is broader, applying to low mass and also fragile or weak form

slightness

vstenuousness

1 6.1

A thin, small body that looks weak

emphasizes low mass or density as a general physical trait

flimsiness

vstenuousness

1 4.4

Being weak and not well made so it breaks or fails easily

stresses thinness and low mass as causes of that fragility

feebleness

vstenuousness

1 5.2

A lack of strength in an argument or evidence

narrows this to physical thinness and low material density

tenuity

vstenuousness

9.9

A quality of being very thin or narrow

covers thinness plus weakness and low mass as a broader physical quality

slenderness

vstenuousness

5.4

A small amount that is not enough

is similar but stresses low mass and overall weakness more clearly

insubstantiality

vstenuousness

9.2

A lack of being real, strong, or convincing

is more about material thinness and low density rather than abstraction

Antonyms

strength

∞ 1.2

Physical or mental power a person has to act

density

55 4.2

How full a place is of people or things

robustness

2 5.5

Strength and health that help a person or thing withstand hard conditions

How Strong

sturdiness

1 3.4

strength

Specialized

169 1.1

tenuousness

8.1

fragility

17 5.2

Surface Forms

tenuousness singular

tenuousnesses plural

Morphology

tenuousness = tenuous (transparent) = tenuous + ness

Standard nominalization with '-ness' forming 'the quality of being tenuous' from a familiar adjective.

Etymology

Tenuousness comes from the Latin root tenu- meaning 'thin'. So when we talk about the tenuousness of air or a structure, we mean its physical 'thinness' or low density.