4
tender(adjective, soft, uncertain, feeble, hesitant)
4
unproductive(adjective, weak, clean, empty, bleak)
4
used up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, dead, deterioration)
3
aged(adjective, weak, thin, delicate, feeble)
3
all in(expression, dead, exhausted, reduced, finished)
3
anaemic
3
antiquated(adjective, dull, hard, feeble, old)
3
arid(adjective, empty, bleak, wasted, barren)
3
asthenic
3
bad
3
bleary(weak, dead, weary, exhausted, reduced)
3
blighted(verb, deterioration)
3
bloodless
3
characterless
3
cowardly
3
dead(adjective, beat, hard, weak, weary)
3
declining(adjective, exhausted, age, spoiled)
3
dissolute(adjective, weak, corrupt, immoral, exhausted)
3
inadequate(adjective, weak, thin, delicate, shaky)
3
infecund(adjective, weak, empty, bleak, wasted)
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