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atrophied

[a-truh-feed]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled.
an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.

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Other Word Forms

nonatrophied adjective
unatrophied adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of atrophied¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; atrophy + -ed ²

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"Our democratic muscles have atrophied, and I hope they can be reinvigorated before it's too late."

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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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