scrawniness

Definitions of scrawniness
  1. noun
    the bodily property of lacking flesh
    synonyms: skinniness
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    type of:
    leanness, spareness, thinness
    the property of having little body fat
  2. noun
    the property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality
    “the scrawniness of sickly trees”
    synonyms: scrubbiness
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    type of:
    inferiority, low quality
    an inferior quality
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