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thin
adjective as in fine, light, slender
Strong matches
adjective as in transparent, fine
adjective as in deficient, weak
adjective as in diluted
Example Sentences
Just remember: “Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species.”
The panelists are not in agreement about the overall quality of the year’s slate, though: “It was a thin year for exceptional animation but not for profitable animation,” says Tim Cogshell.
Mr. Ramaswamy has already outlined his support for five-day workweeks at federal agencies, telling Tucker Carlson recently that such a mandate could lead to a “25 percent thinning out of the federal bureaucracy.”
The structure that allows the chloroplast to make these necessary changes was found to be a network of thin filaments.
That suggests early inhabitants used fire more often in heavily forested landscapes to thin them out, Adeleye says.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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