wafer-thin

adjective

Very thin, as thin as a wafer.

“The President is struggling to maintain his government with only a wafer-thin majority in the lower house.”

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thin
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Meanings

adjectivewafer-thin (not comparable)
  1. not comparableVery thin, as thin as a wafer.
  2. not comparableExtremely marginal or tenuous.

    The President is struggling to maintain his government with only a wafer-thin majority in the lower house.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivevery thin

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thin

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

wafer-thin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wafer-thin

MLA

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Chicago

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