Suspect
Suspect adjective - Giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged.
Tenuous and suspect are semantically related In some cases you can use "Tenuous" instead an adjective "Suspect".
Nearby Words: suspected, suspecting
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Landsman ties two murder cases together on the tenuous grounds that each has a suspect known as "D".
Source: Series / The Wire - Suspect Is Hatless: Parodied in his routine about how Stars In Your Eyes would always try to find a tenuous connection between the contestant and the singer they were impersonating: Matthew Kelly: Now, you've got a lot in common with the person you're going to be tonight, haven't you?
Source: Creator / Peter Kay
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