nonathletic

adjective

Definition of nonathleticnext
as in feeble

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonathletic
  1. feeble
  2. weak
  3. fragile
  4. enfeebled
  5. lean
  6. frail
  7. wimpy
  8. slender
Adjective
  • Punk made a feeble comeback attempt, and as Rhodes went for the Disaster Kick, Punk responded with a big boot.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Jacob Fatu and The Usos’ attempts to bring Sikoa back to the family have proven feeble.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of feeble
Adjective
  • Similar to Spokane, the windiest periods will be during the daytime from Friday through Sunday, with weaker winds each night.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The next step came in 2009, when mathematicians Jordan Ellenberg, Akshay Venkatesh and Craig Westerland posted a preprint paper that claimed to prove a weaker version of the conjecture for every prime.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of weak
Adjective
  • The fragile peace didn’t hold, but the market’s memory is long enough to remember what was happening in February and in June.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The fragile dragon peace doesn’t hold long enough for the Targaryens to sort through their family business.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of fragile
Adjective
  • By 1877, the hope for Black equality met an enfeebled federal government that essentially permitted Jim Crow to run amok.
    — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • But given the island’s small size and enfeebled state, the risks seem much smaller than in Iran.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 20 May 2026
Definition of enfeebled
Adjective
  • Raymond Uco sees women’s denim—including for European fast-fashion brands—lean toward 100 percent cotton, while men’s denim is opting for some comfort stretch.
    — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Sessa is an attractive young man with Tony's impossibly lean physique, who looks good in every single piece of 1975-era costuming.
    — Laurie Woolever, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of lean
Adjective
  • Perennially frail, sick, and gaunt, the ambient guitar composer had devoted his life to a sprawling catalog, some 40 albums wide, that resembles a matchstick model of paradise.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
  • Nebraska has a nearly 300-page index of diagnoses that could qualify someone as medically frail.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 30 July 2026
Definition of frail
Adjective
  • After this, the boy and his mother move to Lima, where the father sends him to a military academy, in an attempt to beat the wimpy artist out of him.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
  • Bad sesame-ginger dressings are watery, wimpy, oily or syrupy.
    — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of wimpy
Adjective
  • At a nearby table, a pair of slender metallic arms was folding and refolding a blue T-shirt.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In this tall, slender building though, there’s a feel of being tucked away in the eaves of a guesthouse on some cobblestoned European side street, especially after the long and creaky elevator ride.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of slender
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“Nonathletic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonathletic. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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