as in weak
lacking bodily strength
resistance training can benefit the asthenic individual
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Adjective
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The economy has withstood weak role creation precisely because the pool of applicants is shrinking.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025 -
The defensive line took advantage of a weak Auburn O-line, sacking Arnold five times.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Listeria infection can be especially dangerous for young children, elderly people and people with weakened immune systems.—
News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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Soft platinum coils are delivered into the aneurysm under X-ray guidance to promote clotting and block blood flow into the weakened vessel.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The festival unfolds at a particularly tenuous time for the documentary field, which for the past several years has faced a feeble acquisition market.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Cupping was quite popular among feeble white women in North America, and those same marks, Daria knew, were present on her own body, concealed beneath her loose T-shirt.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The figures were outgoing Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, Santiago Carrillo, head of the Spanish Communist Party, and armed forces chief Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado who, though a frail near-70, got up to order the rebel Guards to lay down their arms.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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The fate of one of the few remaining opposition figures who was still in the country depended on the frail relationship between the Cuban government and the United States.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Asthenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asthenic. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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