scrawniness

• Sustantivo que designa la cualidad corporal de tener poca carne o de estar débilmente desarrollado, siendo inferior en tamaño o calidad.

A noun referring to the bodily property of lacking flesh, or the property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality.

incontable

1. Lack of fleshC1formal

   The bodily property of being extremely thin, often in an unattractive or unhealthy way.

   flacura extrema

   • His scrawniness was a result of a long illness.
   • The doctor was concerned about the patient's scrawniness.
   • Her scrawniness made the clothes hang loosely on her frame.

   Sinónimosboninessemaciationgauntnessleannessskinninessslightnessthinness

   Antónimoschubbinesscorpulencefatnessfleshinessobesityplumpnessstoutness

2. Stunted or inferior sizeC1formal

   The property of being underdeveloped, stunted, or inferior in size or quality.

   Escualidez, pequeñez por desarrollo insuficiente

   • The scrawniness of the plant was due to poor soil.
   • The scrawniness of the building's design disappointed the architects.
   • Critics noted the scrawniness of the plot in the novel.

   Sinónimospuninessruntinessstuntedness

   Antónimosbulkinessrobustnesssturdiness