atrophiedadj.
/ˈatrəfɪd/ Affected with atrophy; starved, wasted, emaciated. Also figurative.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > of inferior quality or value or appearance > of an institution
atrophied1597
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > affected by atrophy or tabes
atrophied1597
atrophiated1634
tabid1651
tabefied1666
tabetic1847
atrophic1865
atrophous1877
tabescent1890
tabic1895
1597 P. Lowe Art Chirurg. (1634) 59 The bodie..becommeth atrofied and leane.
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 79/2 The muscles..for want of use are more or less wasted and atrophied.
1860 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. VIII. lvi. 248 The people had grown weary of atrophied institutions.
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