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Flabby

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Adjective

1. flabby, flaccid, soft

out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance

Example Sentences:
'he was too soft for the army'
'flabby around the middle'
'flaccid cheeks'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Flabby

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adjective -bier or -biest
1. 
lacking firmness; loose or yielding
flabby muscles
2. 
having flabby flesh, esp through being overweight
3. 
lacking vitality; weak; ineffectual

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Flabby

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈflabbier or ˈflabbiest
1. 
lacking firmness; limp and soft; flaccid
flabby muscles
2. 
lacking force; weak

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Flabby

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adj. flab·bi·er, flab·bi·est
1.
a. Soft and hanging loosely or in folds: a flabby belly.
b. Having a body characterized by fleshiness or softness, as from being somewhat overweight: He is very flabby around the waist.
2. Lacking force, control, or effectiveness: "The stories will be filled with more action than plot.... There will be more clichéd lines, more flabby reaction shots, more slack and vacuous scenes" (Theodore Roszak).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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