Most tenuous or least (9)

I believe the answer is:

slightest

(Other definitions for slightest that I've seen before include "carrying least weight?" , "Most tenuous or meagre" , "Most tenuous or smallest" , "least important" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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