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bland - Without any distinctive characteristics; uninteresting and dull; without flavor, excitement, or strong emotion.

They didn't like eating at that restaurant because they found the food bland and tasteless.

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limp - Walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot

After being tackled too hard, Howard limped as his coach and teammate assisted him towards the bench.

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wispy - Something frail, slight, feathery, or fleeting

Amy and Sam liked to lie on the grass looking up at the wispy clouds float by.

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scrawny - (of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony

Jon was too scrawny to be on the wrestling team, so he had to watch them from the sidelines.

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foible - A minor fault or weakness in someone's character.

Before going to sleep, Alan prayed "I am sorry about the terrible thing I did today, but please forgive me because You know that all people make mistakes and have foibles."

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wane - To become weaker in strength or influence

After the automobile was invented, the era of the horse and buggy on the streets and roads began to wane

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sluggish - Lacking energy or alertness

After working for 12 hours straight, Elizabeth felt too sluggish to do anything except sleep.

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shortcoming - A fault or weakness that makes someone or something less successful or effective than they should be.

Andrew Carnegie didn't look at his poverty growing up as a shortcoming, and it didn't stop him from becoming the richest man in the world.

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shaky - Weak and unstable

The building was not well constructed, and after the earthquake, it had to be torn down because it was so shaky and dangerous.

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decay - The result of being destroyed by natural causes or by not being cared for.

The dentist tried to remove the decay in the teeth that had been caused by so much eating of cake and cookies.

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malaise - A societal or group-wide sense of dissatisfaction or stagnation, often in politics or economics.

There was a growing malaise among the population due to rising prices and unemployment.

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impressionable - Easily influenced by somebody or something, usually due to being inexperienced or naïve.

Because children tend to be very impressionable, their use of the internet should be monitored, so that they are kept away form undesirble influences.