What is the meaning of scrawny?

Being very thin.
- usage: "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
- synonyms: scraggy, boney, skinny, underweight, weedy
Inferior in size or quality.
- usage: "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"
- synonyms: scrubby, stunted

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APA	WordNet. (2010). scrawny. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/scrawny/definitions/1182934
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