-ēˌād.ə̇d, -ātə̇d adjective
1. : made lean by impairment (as from hunger)
emaciated bony hands
also : meager , narrow
an emaciated outlook on life
the succession of emaciated parsonages — Ellery Sedgwick
2. : enfeebled, attenuated
failed to pass even this emaciated version of the original bill
the emaciated state of the controversy