4
raw-boned
4
shrunken
4
starved(adjective, slight, thin, delicate, scrawny)
4
weedy(adjective, dull, slight, thin, delicate)
3
bone
3
boned
3
bonelike
3
fragile(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
3
half-starved(adjective, underweight, undernourished, underfed)
3
hollow-cheeked
3
inadequate(adjective, poor, thin, small, spare)
3
narrow(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
3
ossified(adjective, hardened, scrawny, skinny, petrified)
3
pitiful(adjective, poor, thin, small, spare)
3
rangy(adjective, dull, mean, light, slight)
3
scanty(adjective, mean, poor, thin, small)
3
stark(adjective, mean, thin, insubstantial, sparse)
3
undersized
3
unfruitful(adjective, poor, thin, small, spare)
3
withered(adjective, thin, lean, narrow, little)
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