flabby

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But if poetry is about saying a lot in a little—the fine art of distillation—then by the end of its two-hour runtime “A Poet” comes off more like funny but flabby prose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Instead of a skeleton and scales, the blobfish has a soft body and flabby skin.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

At every life stage, it has stretched a system that was often too small to accommodate it, leaving it somewhat flabby and misshapen in its wake.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2024

She then placed a plate on the table that consisted of flabby, unappetizing bacon with a few char marks…

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023

She had small piggy eyes, a sunken mouth, and one of those white flabby faces that looked exactly as though it had been boiled.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl