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anemic

adjective as in weak and pale

adjective as in feeble

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But don’t expect a newly elected legislature to solve France’s deeper crises, which trace to a budget bloated with unsustainable spending that sucks life out of an anemic economy.

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So far, fundraising has been mostly anemic, at least according to the county’s most recent comprehensive campaign finance data available for the sheriff’s race, which covers only Jan. 1 through June 30.

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Malnourished and anemic, and without direct access to a health clinic, he succumbs to a treatable illness.

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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul called the spending cuts "wimpy and anemic" while saying the bill would "explode" the deficit, a claim backed up by an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office.

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Paul called the spending cuts in the bill "wimpy and anemic" and said the bill's "math doesn't add up."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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