atrophied
adjective
[ ˈatrəfɪd ]
• (of body tissue or an organ) wasted away or rudimentary.
• "atrophied muscles"
• having lost effectiveness or vigour due to underuse or neglect.
• "the atrophied global economy contains numerous areas of chronic weakness"
atrophy
verb
• (of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.
• "the calf muscles will atrophy"
Similar:
waste away,
waste,
become emaciated,
wither,
shrivel,
shrivel up,
shrink,
become shrunken,
dry up,
decay,
wilt,
decline,
deteriorate,
degenerate,
grow weak,
weaken,
become debilitated,
become enfeebled,
• gradually decline in effectiveness or vigour due to underuse or neglect.
• "the imagination can atrophy from lack of use"
Similar:
peter out,
taper off,
tail off,
dwindle,
deteriorate,
decline,
wane,
fade,
fade away,
fade out,
give in,
give up,
give way,
crumble,
disintegrate,
collapse,
slump,
go downhill,
draw to a close,
subside,
be neglected,
be abandoned,
be disregarded,
be forgotten,
Origin:
late 16th century: from French atrophier (verb), atrophie (noun), from late Latin atrophia, from Greek, ‘lack of food’, from atrophos ‘poorly nourished’, from a- ‘without’ + trophē ‘food’.
