rachitic

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A sequence of rachitic little drawings by Tracey Emin – whose monoprints are so ubiquitous as to have become museum wallpaper – cannot compete with those of her heroine, Louise Bourgeois.

From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2012

In an industry that lost $200 million on passenger service in 1968, horror stories of unconscionable service and rachitic equipment are a valuable asset.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their March� aux Puces has grown into a cluster of six slightly separated markets, a jumble of tumble-down booths and rachitic sheds threaded by wandering, roofed passageways and covering an area of 150 acres.

From Time Magazine Archive

Manhattan's sensitive transportation, from scabby subways to rachitic taxicabs, were strained to the limit.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a weedy, unhealthy-looking man, weakly of frame, rachitic, undersized, with spindle-shanks, and a countenance that was almost grotesque, with its protruding jaw, gaping mouth, great, doglike eyes, and yellow tuft of beard.

From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Sabatini, Rafael