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atrophied

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adjective

  1. exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled:

    an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.



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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDz·۴·󾱱 adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of atrophied1

First recorded in 1590–1600; atrophy + -ed 2
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Any principles beyond those have atrophied into invisibility.

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Those muscles atrophied, leaving a huge opportunity for someone like Matt.

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“Although his boss had to pretend to embrace the family-friendly nature of the town whose newspaper he ran,” Roman observes, “privately he was a man with a heart as atrophied as his calf muscles.”

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Social skills and conversational ease have stiffened and atrophied.

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When followed over several years, the super-agers’ brains atrophied at a slower rate than average.

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