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atrophied

[a-truh-feed] / ˈæ trə fid /




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When we met him, he meandered across the field, atrophied by lack of exercise, sat on my foot and looked up with a hopeful demeanor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Any principles beyond those have atrophied into invisibility.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2025

Those muscles atrophied, leaving a huge opportunity for someone like Matt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025

Social skills and conversational ease have stiffened and atrophied.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

He felt as if there was something atrophied between his eyes, where the base of the nose grew into the skull.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White