9
meager(adjective, dull, mean, slight, thin)
8
rawboned(adjective, dull, mean, light, slight)
8
slender(adjective, dull, mean, slight, thin)
8
twiggy(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
7
slim(adjective, dull, mean, light, slight)
6
boney
6
gangly(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
5
anorexic(adjective, thin, spare, bare, grim)
5
barren(adjective, poor, thin, small, spare)
5
hard(adjective, hardened, scrawny, skinny, petrified)
5
horny
5
osteal
5
spindly(adjective, dull, slight, thin, delicate)
5
underfed(adjective, thin, narrow, little, scrawny)
5
undernourished(adjective, dull, slight, thin, delicate)
5
wiry(adjective, mean, poor, thin, small)
4
fleshless(adjective, dull, slight, thin, delicate)
4
infertile(adjective, poor, thin, small, spare)
4
malnourished(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
4
poor(adjective, mean, thin, small, spare)
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