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Starveling

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Word	Definition
starvingverb	Extremely hungry
starvationnoun	A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.
skin and bonesnoun	A person or an animal that is emaciated or very thin, as from lack of nutrition.
semistarvationnoun	A state of partial starvation.
walking skeletonnoun	(software engineering) An initial, bare-bones implementation of a system or application which provides only the basic core functionality, in order to be able to demonstrate a minimal working product to be further fleshed out later.
starvation wagenoun	(figuratively) A wage so low that it can barely support a person.
starving artistnoun	(idiomatic) A person who works as an artist or performer despite making little or no money for it, therefore suffering in poverty.
emaciationnoun	The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
skin and bonenoun	Alternative form of skin and bones. [A person or an animal that is emaciated or very thin, as from lack of nutrition.]
abrosianoun	Abstinence from food.
undernourishmentnoun	The condition of being undernourished
asthenic	Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.
destitutionnoun	An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
underweightnoun	(uncountable) The state or quality of being underweight.
lightweight	Having less than average weight.
lack-allnoun	One who has nothing; a destitute person.
straynoun	Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
foodlessnessnoun	Absence of food.
dearthnoun	(by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
weaklingnoun	(figuratively) A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.