scrawniest
Least fleshed out
Scrawniest is the superlative of scrawny—the thinnest, boniest, most underfed of a group: He was the scrawniest kid on the team.
The word suggests not just thinness but an unhealthy or unappealing lack of flesh, often applied to animals, limbs, or people who look underfed.
Of or like bones
- wastedUsed without good result
- starvedSuffering extreme hunger
- gauntLean from deprivation
- bonyThin, with protruding skeleton
shriveled · cadaverous · haggard · sunken · wizened · pinched · drawn · underfed
Very thin, underweight
- lankyTall and ungainly thin
- slenderThin and graceful
- leanLacking fat; incline
- bonyThin, with protruding skeleton
spindly · gangly · rangy · willowy · slim · slight · narrow · reedy
Insufficiently nourished
- underfedLacking adequate food
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- malnourishedLacking proper nutrition
wasting · underweight · hungry · stunted · deficient · deprived
skeletal
Of or like bones
bony · shriveled · cadaverous · haggard · sunken · wizened · pinched · drawn · underfed · skin-and-bones
skinny
Very thin, underweight
bony · spindly · gangly · rangy · willowy · slim · slight · narrow · reedy · twiggy
undernourished
Insufficiently nourished
malnourished · wasting · underweight · hungry · stunted · deficient · deprived
feeble
Weak and ineffective
infirm · debilitated · enfeebled · sickly · vulnerable · decrepit · rickety · unsteady · tottering · weakened