5
spare(adjective, little, slim, tenuous, underweight)
5
wasted(adjective, thin, scrawny, skinny, emaciated)
4
haggard(adjective, thin, faint, pale, wasted)
4
half-starved(adjective, underweight, undernourished)
4
unfed
4
withered(adjective, thin, narrow, little, slim)
3
meager(adjective, thin, narrow, wasted, scrawny)
3
shrivelled
3
weak(adjective, thin, feeble, pale, frail)
2
emaciate
2
gangling(adjective, lean, narrow, little, slim)
2
jejune
2
lanky(adjective, lean, narrow, little, slim)
2
peaked(adjective, thin, faint, pale, wasted)
2
peaky(adjective, thin, pale, hungry, ravenous)
2
scraggy(adjective, thin, lean, narrow, little)
2
slender(adjective, little, slim, tenuous, underweight)
2
slim(adjective, lean, narrow, little, tenuous)
2
twiggy(adjective, underweight, undernourished)
2
undersized(adjective, weak, feeble, frail, tiny)
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