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[ uh-nee-mik ] / əˈni mɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR anemic ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivePathology. suffering from anemia. lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness; listless; weak: an anemic effort; anemic tones. Origin of anemicFirst recorded in 1830–40; anem(ia) + -ic OTHER WORDS FROM anemica·ne·mi·cal·ly, adverbnon·a·ne·mic, adjectivepseu·do·a·ne·mic, adjectiveun·a·ne·mic, adjectiveWords nearby anemicanelace, anelasticity, anele, anelectric, anemia, anemic, anemic anoxia, anemic halo, anemic hypoxia, anemic infarct, anemic murmur Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for anemicYour tires won’t roll you anywhere if they’re spinning in the mud, and factory tires are generally pretty anemic. Six ways to make your ATV even more rugged|By Tyler Freel/Outdoor Life|September 17, 2020|Popular Science Current private investment into these technologies is anemic. To confront the climate crisis, the US should launch a National Energy Innovation Mission|Amy Nordrum|September 15, 2020|MIT Technology Review Figueroa told The Daily Beast that her husband indeed was stabbed and he is also anemic from malnutrition. Did Joran Van Der Sloot Fake His Prison Shanking?|Andrea Zarate, Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Worse still, Texas had an anemic 32 percent turnout and Tennessee was close behind at 34 percent. Would You Risk Your Life to Vote? It Looks Like 7 Million Afghans Did.|Dean Obeidallah|April 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are surely more applications in the pipeline, but these early numbers are anemic. How Low Will Health Care Enrollments Be? Here’s What to Watch For|Charles Ornstein|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST And the public, which was also suffering through high inflation and anemic GDP growth, had had enough. Thatcher's Economic Legacy|Megan McArdle|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST We aren't going to fix our broken job market, or our government finances, with this kind of anemic growth. Dismal Fourth Quarter GDP: Now With Slightly Less Dismal|Megan McArdle|February 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST If the child is anemic, poorly nourished, and flabby, tonics are advisable. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.)|Grant Hague At dinner time he laid the algebra beside his plate of anemic bacon and leaking eggs. I might have been safe enough with some anemic saint, but not with one who had pulsing red blood in his veins—certainly not! Possessed|Cleveland Moffett When I see Chet and Laura anemic, or otherwise sickly, as the result of their out-of-door sports or gym. The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison Dora is always saying that she is anemic, but of course that is not true. A Young Girl's Diary|An Anonymous Young Girl
British Dictionary definitions for anemic
adjectivethe usual US spelling of anaemic Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to anemicsickly, listless, feeble, frail, ashen, bloodless, faint, languid, lifeless, livid, low, pale, pallid, wan, etiolated, lusterless, infirm, watery |