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▲
Very slender or fine
Tending to raise doubts or questions
(
of something abstract
)
Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety
Failing to convince or impress
Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate
Of unsound structure, easily damaged or destroyed
Barely perceptible to the senses
Transient, not permanent in nature
Boring or commonplace, arousing little to no interest
Not clearly visible or attracting attention
Susceptible to illness or adverse conditions
Lean, thin, and having little flesh
… more ▼
▲
Adjective
▲
Very slender or fine
fine
attenuated
delicate
gossamer
slender
slight
thin
fragile
slim
airy
ethereal
narrow
reedy
twiggy
frail
flimsy
remote
improbable
unlikely
outside
doubtful
implausible
faint
dubious
inconceivable
off
distant
fanciful
iffy
unthinkable
unimaginable
weak
unbelievable
far-fetched
not likely
hundred-to-one
difficult to believe
not expected
light
gossamery
fluffy
insubstantial
feeble
diaphanous
dainty
vague
poor
exiguous
exquisite
filmy
elegant
subtle
refined
graceful
vaporous
beautiful
lovely
feathery
wispy
weightless
floaty
hairline
soft
slimline
needlelike
skinny
ultrathin
paper-thin
slim-jim
minute
more ❯
“The forests were joined by
tenuous
strands of green that snaked across the cleared fields.”
Adjective
▲
Tending to raise doubts or questions
weak
doubtful
dubious
flimsy
insubstantial
questionable
shaky
nebulous
sketchy
fragile
vague
hazy
insignificant
suspect
unspecific
indefinite
indeterminate
unconvincing
unsubstantiated
unsound
unreliable
iffy
unsupported
dodgy
uncertain
unreasonable
false
implausible
undependable
unclear
disputable
debatable
dubitable
unfounded
spurious
ungrounded
specious
fishy
untrue
groundless
untrustworthy
baseless
rocky
risky
open to doubt
fallible
open to question
conjectural
suspicious
defective
speculative
arguable
wrong
illogical
equivocal
fallacious
erroneous
shady
obscure
imprecise
ill-founded
unproven
unwarranted
inaccurate
foundationless
improbable
uncorroborated
unlikely
unjustified
unconfirmed
unverified
doubtable
ambiguous
invalid
chancy
disreputable
nonvalid
incorrect
mistaken
deceptive
flawed
indistinct
unattested
controversial
untenable
problematical
unestablished
problematic
queer
flakey
US
pseudo
unstable
flaky
UK
sham
unsubstantial
incongruous
suppositive
suppositious
far-fetched
fabricated
misleading
untruthful
wide of the mark
off-target
without basis
without foundation
confused
opaque
not backed up by evidence
unformed
muddled
muddy
inchoate
unformulated
ill-defined
controvertible
contentious
borderline
vulnerable
moot
issuable
precarious
in doubt
negotiable
insecure
perilous
untested
falsified
fake
unsure
indecisive
open to debate
open to suspicion
subject to debate
unsettled
faulty
dicey
misguided
gratuitous
misinformed
not reliable
not dependable
nonrational
illegitimate
unreasoning
irrational
feeble
bottomless
hollow
sophistic
incredible
unreal
fantastic
unbacked
casuistic
inconsequent
inconsequential
unbelievable
preposterous
outlandish
easily threatened
uncalled-for
absurd
trumped-up
trumped up
off-base
exaggerated
unapt
unimaginable
fanciful
impossible
assailable
bizarre
outrageous
extravagant
embellished
indescribable
nonsensical
inconceivable
overblown
sensational
unrealistic
laughable
hyperbolic
farcical
farfetched
spectacular
incoherent
tall
embroidered
distorted
contradictory
imponderable
unpersuasive
ludicrous
beyond belief
hard to swallow
cock and bull
blown up
off the wall
self-contradictory
hard to define
impalpable
mysterious
hard to describe
unjustifiable
presumed
assumed
not validated
hard to believe
undecided
disputed
contestable
open
mootable
in dispute
open to discussion
unresolved
up in the air
marginal
hypothetical
vexed
contested
theoretical
undetermined
suppositional
notional
supposed
academic
putative
enigmatic
shonky
theoretic
presupposed
postulated
cryptic
exceptionable
in question
academical
contended
contingent
suspected
under suspicion
betwixt and between
up for discussion
touch-and-go
not kosher
bone of contention
the jury's out
between sixes and sevens
at issue
between rock and hard place
puzzling
tricky
paradoxical
unsafe
ambivalent
inconclusive
unpredictable
far from certain
clouded
challenging
unclassifiable
inexact
unprovable
apocryphal
undefined
pending
occult
funny
up for grabs
odd
abstract
not obvious
not definite
under examination
ridiculous
untrusted
under advisement
ignored
neglected
ideational
unchallenged
unconcluded
reputed
not quite right
unanswered
potentially dangerous
potentially false
tentative
to be decided
surmised
inferred
yet to be decided
guesstimated
figured
guessing
surmising
postulational
based on guesswork
on a hunch
conjectured
disputatious
divisive
delicate
sensitive
difficult
polemical
imaginary
emotive
provocative
tendentious
polemic
presumptive
awkward
debateable
conjecturable
imagined
argued
debated
hot
under discussion
notorious
hot-button
heated
challenged
questioned
assumptive
concocted
conditional
provisory
stochastic
proposed
made up
more ❯
“This is because it has only a
tenuous
link to any empirical base.”
Adjective
▲
(
of something abstract
)
Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety
fine
subtle
narrow
nuanced
abstruse
distinct
elusive
faint
hairsplitting
obscure
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
fine-spun
impalpable
petty
recondite
strict
tiny
trifling
fine-drawn
finespun
hair-splitting
delicate
minute
refined
dainty
intricate
exquisite
nice
airy
precise
hairline
exact
soft
overnice
detailed
sophisticated
minuscule
ultra-fine
“There is a
tenuous
distinction between being genuinely articulate and word salad.”
Adjective
▲
Failing to convince or impress
feeble
weak
poor
unconvincing
implausible
flimsy
inadequate
lame
pathetic
thin
unbelievable
incredible
unpersuasive
paltry
inconceivable
shallow
questionable
improbable
untenable
superficial
meagre
UK
meager
US
insubstantial
tame
indecisive
sketchy
vapid
flat
half-hearted
unsubstantial
unreasonable
frail
groundless
unsatisfactory
timorous
unenthusiastic
unsound
illogical
timid
spiritless
fragile
false
fallacious
gentle
mild
frivolous
slight
baseless
airy
inane
wishful
ungrounded
weakly
full of holes
faint-hearted
wishy-washy
low-key
insufficient
threadbare
weak-kneed
moderate
faint
light
controvertible
erroneous
unsupported
lily-livered
unbacked
trifling
assailable
contemptible
lacking substance
ill-founded
inept
preposterous
vague
flawed
irrational
dubious
faulty
nonsensical
unlikely
inconclusive
unsubstantiated
suspect
far-fetched
absurd
contradictory
nebulous
doubtful
ludicrous
farfetched
spurious
incongruous
hollow
unsustainable
invalid
unsupportable
shaky
specious
irreconcilable
puzzling
obscure
senseless
impossible
indefensible
fishy
fantastic
nonrational
reachy
vain
unfounded
unreasoned
inconsequent
illegitimate
inconsequential
unreasoning
fatuous
nutty
unimpressive
wacky
problematic
off the wall
won't hold water
won't wash
self-contradictory
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate
meagre
UK
meager
US
scanty
scant
sparse
paltry
scarce
small
insufficient
inadequate
poor
skimpy
measly
inconsiderable
slight
exiguous
deficient
insubstantial
slim
stingy
slender
spare
light
little
sparing
short
inappreciable
skimp
wanting
weak
miserable
puny
mean
flimsy
derisory
bare
minimum
shabby
barren
scrimpy
unfinished
unproductive
subtle
mere
infertile
scrimp
unfruitful
bitty
lacking
stinted
stunted
hand-to-mouth
too little too late
limited
negligible
minimal
low
miserly
tiny
thin
piddling
trivial
insignificant
trifling
modest
unsubstantial
frugal
nominal
ungenerous
restricted
picayune
nugatory
piffling
mingy
incidental
hardly any
smallish
little or no
petty
few
pathetic
pitiful
little bitty
too little
not enough
feeble
barely sufficient
beggarly
narrow
confined
inconsequential
unsatisfactory
thin on the ground
shy
incomplete
bereft
not much
faint
sporadic
destitute
out of gas
deprived
devoid
lean
reduced
rare
in short supply
marginal
few and far between
infrequent
hard to come by
at a premium
diminished
too few
failing
minute
scattered
tight
uncommon
piddly
infinitesimal
hard to find
sketchy
imperceptible
depleted
dwindling
poxy
occasional
incommensurate
base
dinky
lowly
subnormal
too small
like gold dust
pitiable
low in numbers
contemptible
middling
token
straggling
fractional
imperfect
not to be had
not to be had for love nor money
minor
missing
sorry
wretched
thinning
unusual
mediocre
cut
minuscule
economical
unsufficient
diddly
finite
low on
short on
drained
unfrequent
short of
seldom seen
seldom met with
no more than
disappointing
niggling
lamentable
worthless
valueless
lousy
ordinary
despicable
inferior
microscopic
basal
short-handed
on the small side
fragmentary
very little
vague
dispersed
less
laughable
lame
scrubby
parsimonious
junk
scarcer than hen's teeth
gentle
exhaustible
dry
truncated
threatened
shortened
humble
running low
run-down
next to no
thinly distributed
seldom found
next to none
unqualified
very small
in the minority
close
needed
minus
unfitted
incapable
unample
incompetent
at a low level
widely spaced
bush-league
not making it
not hacking it
coming up short
with an insufficiency
jejune
out of the ordinary
substandard
defective
out of
absolute
circumscribed
defined
definite
determinate
measured
rudimentary
patchy
basic
strapped for
pushed for
just
very
only
odd
with an insufficiency of
irregular
isolated
set
faulty
partial
ineffectual
with too little …
wanting in
with too few …
lacking in
intermittent
nothing more than
exceptional
unaccustomed
no better than
only a
just a
fitful
plain
seldom
spasmodic
unwonted
semioccasional
sometime
stray
moderate
restrained
temperate
austere
ascetic
spartan
simple
out of the common
once in a blue moon
as scarce as hens' teeth
without
bankrupt
denuded
void
bare of
empty of
devoid of
free from
bereft of
denuded of
vacant of
deficient in
destitute of
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of unsound structure, easily damaged or destroyed
feeble
weak
brittle
breakable
fragile
vulnerable
unsound
crumbly
frangible
friable
decrepit
ramshackle
insubstantial
smashable
splintery
destroyable
destructible
disintegrating
fracturable
shatterable
crumbling
decaying
dodgy
frail
easily broken
falling to pieces
easily destroyed
delicate
flimsy
fine
dainty
insecure
unstable
eggshell
crispy
crisp
embrittled
flakey
US
flaky
UK
brickle
shattery
rickety
easily damaged
crunchy
short
light
slight
jerry-built
shaky
wobbly
tottery
makeshift
soft
vitreous
gimcrack
wonky
shoddy
shivery
teetery
unsubstantial
badly built
thrown together
shortcrust
precarious
tender
crusty
deteriorated
deteriorating
dry
powdery
pulverulent
fatty
brashy
pulverizable
granular
hard
rigid
inelastic
lightweight
thin
floaty
gauzy
sheer
gossamer
wispy
finespun
gossamery
filmy
diaphanous
translucent
transparent
see-through
wafer-thin
unsteady
defective
cheap
superficial
rinkydink
house of cards
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Barely perceptible to the senses
subtle
impalpable
imperceptible
indistinguishable
slight
minute
undetectable
small
fine
inappreciable
indiscernible
unnoticeable
indistinct
faint
unapparent
inconspicuous
indefinite
vague
unperceivable
imperceivable
illusive
elusive
implied
sheer
undistinguishable
attenuate
ethereal
inferred
attenuated
thin
barely visible
hard to make out
invisible
microscopic
tiny
insensible
infinitesimal
inaudible
minuscule
ephemeral
intangible
negligible
shadowy
unobtrusive
nanoscopic
inconsiderable
imponderable
gradual
inconsequential
insignificant
trivial
evanescent
unobservable
impossible to detect
obscure
momentary
vestigial
unclear
light
barely perceptible
stunted
shrunken
token
unconspicuous
hidden
undiscernible
odorless
US
indetectable
untraceable
odourless
UK
teeny-weeny
teensy-weensy
fuzzy
hazy
blurry
foggy
dim
bleary
misty
murky
gauzy
nebulous
pale
blear
opaque
faded
ill-defined
remote
obscured
sketchy
imprecise
blurred
undefined
undetermined
obfuscated
imperfect
confused
out of focus
unseeable
undetected
unrevealed
unviewable
bleached
not visible
hardly noticeable
hardly detectable
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Transient, not permanent in nature
elusive
transient
brief
fleeting
momentary
temporary
transitory
ephemeral
passing
evanescent
fugitive
volatile
non-permanent
not permanent
short-lived
fugacious
impermanent
deciduous
flash
here today and gone tomorrow
short-term
short
flitting
fading
quick
flying
cursory
fly-by-night
limited
meteoric
temporal
swift
unstable
hasty
fast
perishable
little
rapid
shifting
summary
interim
vanishing
instantaneous
temp
rushed
overnight
mortal
lightning
provisional
provisory
makeshift
acting
stopgap
acute
substitute
mutable
moving
hurried
unfixed
alternate
perfunctory
changeable
flashing
sudden
abrupt
short and sweet
slapdash
vaporous
curtailed
shortlived
gone in flash
in wink of an eye
pro tem
wee
short-range
unenduring
make-do
for the time being
ad hoc
pro tempore
band-aid
flash in the pan
small
erratic
intervening
quickie
succinct
infinitesimal
fly by night
short-lasting
present
short and sharp
episodic
inconstant
insubstantial
flighty
here-today-gone-tomorrow
short-run
here today, gone tomorrow
impulsive
of short duration
short-haul
gone in a heartbeat
over in a heartbeat
provisionary
supply
instant
immediate
ad interim
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Boring or commonplace, arousing little to no interest
insipid
dull
boring
uninteresting
tedious
humdrum
bland
monotonous
colourless
UK
colorless
US
unexciting
stale
pedestrian
uninspiring
dry
prosaic
tiresome
vapid
wearisome
characterless
drab
commonplace
uninspired
banal
unimaginative
mundane
jejune
trite
leaden
unremarkable
ordinary
stupid
uneventful
nondescript
plain
hackneyed
lame
blah
soft
nothing
barren
unstimulating
poor
lustreless
inadequate
hacky
beige
pointless
nebbish
slight
underwhelming
ho-hum
run-of-the-mill
dry as dust
ho hum
milk-and-water
middle-of-the-road
namby-pamby
lacking interest
lacking excitement
common or garden
run-of-the mill
not amounting to much
flat
lifeless
tame
dreary
spiritless
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
stodgy
slow
tiring
stuffy
ponderous
heavy
arid
drudging
jading
old
routine
sterile
wearying
wishy-washy
weary
monochromatic
numbing
mind-numbing
anaemic
UK
dusty
tired
anemic
US
common
vacuous
dead
feeble
weak
bromidic
mediocre
soulless
vanilla
featureless
bloodless
unvaried
limp
watery
workaday
unexceptional
gray
US
grey
UK
pallid
everyday
nowhere
zestless
zero
quotidian
antiseptic
passionless
repetitious
samey
undistinguished
usual
inane
unmemorable
dull as dishwater
unanimated
vacant
wooden
prosy
plodding
weariful
indifferent
unoriginal
average
conventional
torpid
derivative
inoffensive
pabulum
empty
platitudinous
soporific
plain vanilla
run of the mill
deadly
matter-of-fact
stiff
dullsville
dreich
draggy
neutral
unfeeling
normal
unappealing
nothing to write home about
big yawn
tasteless
simple
unemotional
innocuous
dim
threadbare
monochrome
plebeian
non-stimulating
fatiguing
depressing
unvarying
irksome
well-worn
ornery
unchanging
mechanical
unentertaining
unenjoyable
garden-variety
yawnsome
lacking variety
toneless
worn-out
impersonal
clinical
cold
flavourless
UK
stock
flavorless
US
uninventive
driveling
US
uncreative
unadventurous
frigid
drivelling
UK
unpalatable
derived
stereotyped
corny
emotionless
typical
unromantic
expressionless
sapless
institutional
dispassionate
predictable
lusterless
hollow
flat tire
tepid
unpassioned
yawn
unlively
repetitive
square
interminable
safe
unnoteworthy
blank
charmless
dull as ditchwater
undistinctive
deadpan
quiet
uniform
white-bread
unadorned
unembellished
desolate
unimpressive
a dime a dozen
apathetic
inexpressive
downcast
unrelieved
clean
lacking variation
moth-eaten
bog-standard
unspirited
old hat
prolix
dismal
soul-destroying
deadening
inhuman
no great shakes
unexceptionable
uninviting
unartistic
disappointing
unpleasant
unattractive
disagreeable
unobjectionable
harmless
mindless
mainstream
familiar
halfhearted
diluted
blasé
labored
US
laboured
UK
standard
bummer
drag
cloying
drear
bomb
laborious
uninterested
stilted
bleak
dowdy
mat
unexpressive
matte
unexcited
dulled
generic
boiled down
without punch
overlong
not appealing
raw
dispiriting
wintry
US
sorrowful
damp
oppressive
windy
pale
garden
wintery
UK
least
Milquetoast
long-winded
not up to much
unfateful
noneventful
unseasoned
whitebread
blind
muted
meager
US
sleepy
sluggish
meagre
UK
dragging
enervating
mortal
exhausting
poky
snooze
indistinct
terrestrial
customary
anodyne
faint
regular
bog standard
lowly
facile
dumb
endless
forced
depressed
blending into the background
straightforward
businesslike
banausic
thin
monotone
treadmill
null
lead balloon
wan
standard-issue
cut-and-dried
backward
cut-and-dry
nitty-gritty
hazy
deadly dull
insignificant
garden variety
not fun
long-drawn-out
day-to-day
stagnant
backwoods
comatose
lacking in character
one-horse
insensitive
formulaic
passable
low-grade
so-so
stereotypical
unimposing
unmoved
behind the times
dead-and-alive
washed-out
washed out
shallow
glib
superficial
depthless
meaningless
artificial
glazed
unresponsive
unimpressed
second-rate
numb
timeworn
nothing special
phoned in
overused
heavy-handed
hack
clichéd
shopworn
overworked
impassive
unsympathetic
inert
musty
benumbed
callous
numbed
stony
asleep
cliche
hackney
without depth
one-dimensional
obligatory
lukewarm
glassy
senseless
anesthetized
US
cobwebby
cliché
mawkish
indistinctive
faded
anaesthetised
UK
paralyzed
US
still
paralysed
UK
noncommittal
faceless
modest
out of the ark
played out
warmed-over
warmed-up
worn out
cliché-ridden
past their sell-by date
uncomplicated
undecorated
humble
unelaborate
unornamented
inelaborate
folksy
unpretentious
normophilic
homely
uncluttered
austere
unostentatious
elementary
rustic
pure and simple
your basic
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Not clearly visible or attracting attention
inconspicuous
unobtrusive
muted
discreet
unostentatious
modest
quiet
unnoticeable
unassuming
subtle
retiring
invisible
unseen
unimposing
faint
hidden
unspectacular
backstage
indistinct
insignificant
secretive
shy
concealed
inobtrusive
unnoticed
camouflaged
dim
unemphatic
low-key
low-profile
in the background
behind the scenes
soft-pedalled
out of the limelight
out of the spotlight
out of the public eye
subdued
understated
restrained
unpretentious
sober
downbeat
conservative
repressed
simple
toned down
toned-down
low-keyed
soft
minimalist
unflashy
out of sight
played down
tasteful
unfussy
circumspect
relaxed
softened
bland
muffled
unremarkable
neutral
silent
sombre
UK
somber
US
unconspicuous
obscure
unglamorous
reserved
easygoing
modulated
loose
laid-back
light
unshowy
played-down
mild
easy-going
flat
plain
tame
dull
soft-sell
self-effacing
lacklustre
UK
ordinary
nondescript
lackluster
US
vague
delicate
soft-pedaled
gentle
pale
imperceptible
tempered
slight
moderated
unsubstantial
stifled
indefinite
negligible
mellow
insinuated
lowered
indirect
suggestive
feeble
enervated
washed out
delicately complex
hardly noticeable
hardly detectable
shaded
lustreless
lusterless
pastel
drab
dark
dreary
faded
unlustrous
dusty
conventional
straight
square
demure
soft-hued
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▲
Susceptible to illness or adverse conditions
delicate
frail
feeble
weak
debilitated
sickly
ailing
infirm
fragile
unhealthy
weakly
indisposed
languid
tender
weakened
enervated
enfeebled
ill
incapacitated
sapped
crippled
doddering
failing
faint
lackluster
US
lacklustre
UK
poor
shaky
slight
unsound
valetudinarian
wimpish
wimpy
asthenic
effete
lame
low
nesh
poorly
prostrate
prostrated
sensitive
susceptible
unwell
vitiated
wasted
decrepit
doddery
meagre
UK
meager
US
pathetic
sapless
strengthless
trembly
unsubstantial
down-and-out
in poor health
soft
softened
sick
invalid
exhausted
rickety
diseased
run-down
declining
run down
crook
tottering
puny
peaked
bedridden
helpless
down
fatigued
drained
below par
tottery
weakling
worn out
sickened
anemic
US
bad
anaemic
UK
weak-kneed
wobbly
suffering
rocky
washed out
defective
out of shape
powerless
under the weather
sick as a dog
tired
spent
undermined
weedy
etiolated
unstable
devitalized
deteriorated
flagging
faded
flimsy
out of gas
woozy
easily damaged
anile
sickish
spineless
queasy
unsteady
insubstantial
insecure
unfit
nauseated
nerveless
invertebrate
rundown
qualmish
punk
peaky
disordered
infected
characterless
wet
dizzy
dying
out of condition
feverish
impaired
incurable
wishy-washy
limp-wristed
stricken
off-colour
UK
imperfect
confined
hospitalized
US
off-color
US
off colour
out of action
laid-up
hospitalised
UK
out of sorts
laid up
not so hot
under medication
laid low
milk-and-water
in a bad way
namby-pamby
broken down
breakable
dainty
light
depleted
drooping
diminished
unnerved
hindered
encumbered
hampered
weary
emasculated
yielding
aged
rendered feeble
scrawny
washed-out
played out
faltering
withered
atrophied
deteriorating
wilted
haggard
degenerative
ravaged
impotent
trembling
shilpit
flat
in declining health
splenetic
forceless
debile
spindly
sinking
reduced
pale
brittle
dragging
off
grim
vulnerable
on the sick list
wretched
not oneself
not healthy
under par
unsafe
in ill health
in poor shape
ill-looking
in poor condition
in a decline
limp
allergic
without energy
unreliable
paralyzed
US
paralysed
UK
done in
nauseous
chronically ill
always ill
often ill
laid-low
gone to seed
on the ropes
easily harmed
dangerous
queazy
not solid
not safe
not robust
queer
queerish
upset
unsettled
vertiginous
squeamish
rotten
funny
green
lousy
mean
sick to one's stomach
languishing
not well
in bad health
wasting away
feeling awful
down with
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▲
Lean, thin, and having little flesh
meagre
UK
meager
US
skinny
scrawny
bony
lean
scraggy
angular
emaciated
gaunt
lank
gangling
lanky
gangly
rawboned
beanpole
beanstalk
starved
willowy
underfed
lithe
withered
narrow
bare
broomstick
little
rattleboned
hungry
skin and bones
very thin
skeletal
thin
pinched
spindly
cadaverous
wasted
haggard
spare
attenuated
slim
slender
rangy
undernourished
underweight
weedy
twiggy
shriveled
US
shrivelled
UK
skin-and-bones
raw-boned
size-zero
slight
puny
reedy
stalky
wizened
fragile
twiglike
featherweight
stick
delicate
attenuate
anorexic
fleshless
rickety
slinky
small
rarefied
threadlike
lightweight
wan
ethereal
peaked
macilent
all skin and bones
thin as a rail
looking like a bag of bones
gawky
weak
drawn
stringy
starveling
tall
stick-like
thin as a rake
spindle-shanked
hollow-cheeked
like a bag of bones
skin and bone
as thin as a rake
as thin as a reed
frail
undersized
feeble
underdeveloped
slightly built
pint-sized
stilted
spindling
extenuated
svelte
long-legged
leggy
loose-jointed
sylphlike
shrunken
light
gracile
anorectic
boney
fatless
ultrathin
skeletonlike
waifish
peaky
atrophied
raddled
sticklike
scraggly
like a skeleton
like a matchstick
famished
skeleton
deathlike
phthisical
half-starved
thin as rail
lantern-jawed
hollow-eyed
over-thin
without an ounce of fat
looking like death warmed up
shadow
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