adj. |
[1] |
slim
,
slender
,
lean
,
spare
,
slight
,
lanky
,
spindly
,
skinny
,
thin as a rail/reed/rake
,
wispy
,
twiggy
,
skeletal
,
gaunt
,
gangling
,
bony
,
emaciated
,
cadaverous
,
meagre
,
scrawny
,
all skin and bones
,
scraggy
,
undernourished
,
underfed
,
underweight
,
undersized
,
puny
,
sparse
,
hollow-cheeked
,
(half-)starved
,
pinched
,
withered
,
shrunken
,
shrivelled (up)
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[2] |
sparse
,
unsubstantial
,
poor
,
scant
,
insufficient
,
inadequate
,
slight
,
worthless
,
unimportant
,
deficient
,
skimpy
,
unplentiful
,
paltry
,
piddling
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[3] |
attenuated
,
threadlike
,
stringlike
,
pencil-thin
,
fine
,
narrow
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[4] |
flimsy
,
weak
,
feeble
,
slight
,
unsubstantial
,
insubstantial
,
fragile
,
frail
,
poor
,
lame
,
unbelievable
,
unconvincing
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[5] |
airy
,
filmy
,
diaphanous
,
gossamer
,
sheer
,
light
,
delicate
,
chiffon
,
silky
,
silken
,
gauzy
,
translucent
,
see-through
,
transparent
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[6] |
watery
,
lean
,
watered down
,
dilute(d)
,
weak
,
unsatisfying
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[7] |
thin on the ground
,
slender
,
rare
,
uncommon
,
scarce
,
few (and far between)
,
unusual
,
hard to come by/find
,
scant
,
scanty
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[8] |
sparse
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[9] |
flimsy
,
fragile
,
slight
,
tenuous
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