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underfed(adjective, thin, faint, pale, hungry)
10
skinny(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
10
thin(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
9
emaciated(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
7
bony(adjective, dull, slight, thin, delicate)
7
pinched(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
7
skeletal(adjective, light, slight, thin, delicate)
6
cadaverous(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
6
gaunt(adjective, dull, light, slight, thin)
6
scrawny(adjective, slight, thin, delicate, slender)
6
spare(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
6
starved(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
6
starving(adjective, wishful, piggish, begging, tight-fisted)
6
wasted(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
5
haggard(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
5
lean(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
5
malnourished(adjective, thin, lean, faint, pale)
5
meagre
5
puny(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
4
half-starved(adjective, underweight, underfed)
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