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Adjective: shrunken  shrúng-kun
  1. Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
    "a shrunken old man"
    - shriveled [US], shrivelled [Brit, Cdn], withered, wizen, wizened
     
  2. Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
    "the dollar's shrunken buying power"
    - shriveled [US], shrivelled [Brit, Cdn]

See also: decreased, lean, reduced, thin

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shrubby St John's wort
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shtick
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shuck