atrophied

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When we met him, he meandered across the field, atrophied by lack of exercise, sat on my foot and looked up with a hopeful demeanor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Social skills and conversational ease have stiffened and atrophied.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

Over time, his muscles atrophied from disuse and he also needed physical therapy.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2023

He abides in aggression because the rest of the emotional range has either atrophied or failed to develop in the first place.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

I never learned any prayers, so I wander away into the fields, beyond the gates and watchtowers, as far from the barracks and bodies as my atrophied muscles will carry me.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper