noun
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that which is lean; emaciated.
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anything that is weak, feeble.
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a dilapidated, broken down thing (as a structure).
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the state of being destroyed; ruination.
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a thing this is rare to find or is sparingly used.
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a weak, feeble man.
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a lazy, slothful man.
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a thing characterised by looseness, lack of compactness.
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(gram.) a compound of two consonants that is to be pronounced lightly (that which is reckoned as a short syllable, if not compounded with a long vowel).