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anemic

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[uh-nee-mik]

adjective

  1. Pathology.affected with anemia; having a deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells.

  2. lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness; listless; weak.

    an anemic effort;

    anemic tones.



anemic

/ əˈԾːɪ /

adjective

  1. the usual US spelling of anaemic

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • anemically adverb
  • nonanemic adjective
  • pseudoanemic adjective
  • unanemic adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of anemic1

First recorded in 1830–40; anem(ia) + -ic
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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul called the spending cuts "wimpy and anemic" while saying the bill would "explode" the deficit, a claim backed up by an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office.

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Paul called the spending cuts in the bill "wimpy and anemic" and said the bill's "math doesn't add up."

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., a new mother who led the anemic Republican support for parental leave, declared that it demonstrated "the importance of female members having a vote in Washington, D.C."

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We need to build an alternative media infrastructure that is sharply critical of both Trump and the anemic Democratic opposition.

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“What gets me is the anemic pushback. Anemic. Almost like, ‘Yes, daddy.’

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