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Spareness

The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.

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Narrower term 7

Boniness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being bony.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Emaciation 76% connected

The act of making very lean.

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Maceration 76% connected

The act or process of macerating.

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Skinniness 76% connected

Quality of being skinny.

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Slightness 76% connected

The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.

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Slimness 76% connected

The quality or state of being slim.

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Wiriness 76% connected

The quality of being wiry.

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Broader term 7

Exiguity 76% connected

Scantiness; smallness; thinness.

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Leanness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being lean.

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Meagerness 76% connected

Alt. of Meagreness

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Meagreness 76% connected

The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.

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Poorness 76% connected

The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).

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Scantiness 76% connected

Quality or condition of being scanty.

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Scantness 76% connected

The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.

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Lean 74% connected

To conceal.

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Lean 74% connected

To conceal.

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Sparse 74% connected

Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.

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Sparse 74% connected

Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.

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Leanness 92% connected

The condition or quality of being lean.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sparseness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thinness 92% connected

The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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