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unmuscled

  • a word derived from muscle.
    muscle
    noun
    a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.

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Its stars were gangly and unmuscled, but they could pass as debonair in the right suit, a good coif and a close-up.

From Washington Post Nov. 20, 2020

Body mass index, which is based only on height and weight and ignores fat, misclassifies some muscular people as obese and some unmuscled people as not obese.

From BusinessWeek Jan. 13, 2014

As the water began to splash over his skinny but unmuscled stomach, he thought of Archimedes.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

She knew how tiny she was too, how unmuscled in the arms; she appreciated, as if in a mirror, that she was amazing.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

And those who are left alive of it Are so unmuscled by fatigue and thirst That some relief, however temporary, Becomes sore need.

From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy