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