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scrawny

Pronunciation: /ˈskrɔːni/

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Definition of scrawny

adjective (scrawnier, scrawniest)

(of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony: he had a scrawny physique and a protuberant Adam’s apple she was small and scrawny and the sinews in her neck stood out
(of vegetation) meagre or stunted: straggly trees and occasional tufts of scrawny grass