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anemic

adjective as in weak and pale

adjective as in feeble

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Malnourished and anemic, and without direct access to a health clinic, he succumbs to a treatable illness.

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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul called the spending cuts "wimpy and anemic" while saying the bill would "explode" the deficit, a claim backed up by an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office.

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Paul called the spending cuts in the bill "wimpy and anemic" and said the bill's "math doesn't add up."

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., a new mother who led the anemic Republican support for parental leave, declared that it demonstrated "the importance of female members having a vote in Washington, D.C."

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We need to build an alternative media infrastructure that is sharply critical of both Trump and the anemic Democratic opposition.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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