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leanest

ADJECTIVE

bare, thin

Synonyms

STRONGEST

angular gangly gaunt lanky rangy sinewy skinny slender slim sparse svelte wiry

STRONG

barren emaciated haggard poor scanty shadow spare stick stilt wasted worn

WEAK

beanpole bony gangling inadequate infertile lank meager no fat pitiful rawboned scraggy scrawny stringy sylphlike twiggy unfruitful unproductive wizened

Antonyms

STRONGEST

chubby fat heavy plump thick

STRONG

fertile fresh strong

Example Sentences

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It's not a lie - I was never the leanest cricketer in the world, but I won games for franchises.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2023

"Sell in May and go away" is based on the premise that the best six-month period of the year for stock market returns is November to April, while the leanest is May to October.

From Reuters • May 5, 2023

The Discovery missions are the leanest, with a cost cap of $450 million.

From Scientific American • Aug. 2, 2022

Ahead of Opening Day, the first at full capacity since 2019, many fans remembered those leanest years, when the Nationals lost 102 games in 2008 and 103 in 2009.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2022

The advice to omit needless words should not be confused with the puritanical edict that all writers must pare every sentence down to the shortest, leanest, most abstemious version possible.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker