anemic

Example Sentences

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Demand from other agencies to use Grok has been anemic, people familiar with the matter said, except in a few cases where people wanted to use it to mimic a bad actor for defensive testing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The signs looked performative and anemic and the visual impact was poor.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Fifteen years of anemic supply following the 2008-09 financial crisis had left bondholders starved for new muni debt, a favorite of wealthy American households because it pays out interest exempt from federal income taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

“America is experiencing a jobless boom with strong growth and anemic hiring,” said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

It wasn’t much more than a meandering dirt lane, one car wide in spots, cutting through the blandness of sagebrush and ducking down to an anemic border river.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand