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skeletal

[skel-i-tl] / ˈskɛl ɪ tl /
ADJECTIVE
wasted
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bony emaciated
WEAK
atrophied attenuated cadaverous drawn famished gaunt haggard lank lean scrawny shriveled shrunken skin and bones skinny starved thin underfed undernourished withered
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fat heavy overweight plump

Example Sentences

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Her research focuses on metabolic bone diseases and skeletal fragility, and she has published extensively on bone remodeling, metabolic bone disorders, and skeletal pain mechanisms.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

The palm wood snaking through the center of Mohammad Al Faraj’s eerie installation seems like the skeletal vertebrae of some giant creature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Navarro also built a detailed 3D physical model by layering muscle and skin over a skeletal framework.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

Now the creatures' skeletal remains appear to have been found in an Iron Age dig near Cordoba.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

However, the skeletal differences between the earlier hunter-gatherers and the farmers who replaced them are less marked in Europe than in the Philippines, Indonesia, and subequatorial Africa.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond