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Adjective: scrawny (scrawnier,scrawniest)  skro-nee
  1. Being very thin
    "a long scrawny neck"
    - scraggy, boney, skinny, underweight, weedy
     
  2. Inferior in size or quality
    "scrawny cattle"
    - scrubby, stunted

Derived forms: scrawnier, scrawniest

See also: inferior, lean, scrawniness, thin

Encyclopedia: Scrawny