Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untenuous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-ten-u-ous
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not tenuous.

Etymology

From un- + tenuous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more untenuous (comparative) most untenuous (superlative)

Questions

What does untenuous mean?
Not tenuous.
Where does untenuous come from?
From un- + tenuous.

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