5
scrubby
5
shrunken(adjective, thin, spare, lean, pale)
5
small(adjective, dull, weak, slight, thin)
5
sparing(adjective, mean, thin, small, insubstantial)
5
spindly(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
5
starved(adjective, dull, slight, thin, delicate)
5
stingy(adjective, mean, thin, small, insubstantial)
5
underfed(adjective, weak, thin, feeble, little)
4
anorectic
4
dwarfish(adjective, small)
4
fleshless(adjective, dull, slight, thin, delicate)
4
miserly(adjective, small)
4
paltry(adjective, weak, small, feeble, tiny)
4
rangy(adjective, dull, mean, light, slight)
4
reedy(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
4
undersized(adjective, weak, feeble, tiny)
4
withered(adjective, thin, lean, narrow, little)
3
delicate(adjective, dull, light, slight, thin)
3
diminutive(adjective, weak, small, feeble, tiny)
3
feeble(adjective, weak, thin, uncertain, frail)
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