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emaciated(adjective, poor, thin, spare, lean)
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undernourished(adjective, thin, faint, pale, hungry)
10
starved(verb, adjective, thin, little, slim)
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thin(adjective, faint, pale, wasted, hungry)
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gaunt(adjective, poor, thin, narrow, little)
9
hungry(adjective, poor, thin, little, slim)
8
lean(adjective, poor, thin, little, scrawny)
8
skinny(adjective, thin, spare, lean, narrow)
7
meagre(adjective, poor)
7
puny(adjective, weak, small, insignificant, feeble)
7
starving(adjective, hungry, famished, starved, underweight)
6
malnourished(adjective, thin, faint, pale, hungry)
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scrawny(adjective, weak, thin, feeble, little)
6
skeletal(adjective, thin, wasted, scrawny, skinny)
5
bony(adjective, thin, narrow, little, scrawny)
5
cadaverous
5
famished(adjective, thin, scrawny, skinny, emaciated)
5
ill-fed(adjective, undernourished)
5
lank(poor, thin, little, slim, scrawny)
5
pinched(adjective, thin, faint, pale, wasted)
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