flaccid

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In rare cases, that virus can cause polio-like paralysis in children called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

That may be why the majority of Disney’s modern “Star Wars” expansions have amounted to little more than flaccid fan service.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

Dr Simon Thomas, chief executive of UK based graphene semiconductor start-up Paragraf, told the BBC the announcement was "quite frankly flaccid".

From BBC • May 18, 2023

It adds to worries about flaccid domestic demand, which had already been exacerbated by a shock decline in imports in data earlier in the week, dashing hopes that China's COVID-19 reopening could invigorate global growth.

From Reuters • May 11, 2023

I come to the end of things, dear friend, and he waxes mickle; my tides have gone slack and flaccid, while his swell newly to proxigean spring and rush through the gut.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson