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Meanings of flaccid in English

Out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance.

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Limp.

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Usage of flaccid in English
1
Note the flaccid paunch, the withered top, and the foolish, hysterical face.
Raemaekers' Cartoons: With Accompanying Notes by Well-known Engl...
2
Though they were not large their flaccid bluntness made them seem clumsy.
The maltese falcon
3
A flaccid Scotch egg and a tooth-shattering pastie were often cradled home.
The Irish Times
4
The larva, at first plump and active, suddenly becomes flaccid and inert.
More Hunting Wasps
5
He multiplied his intellectual force by detaching from it all flaccid interests.
The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
6
He had stiffened his flaccid will and spurred his trembling body forward.
The Sheriff's Son
7
There was greenish discolouring of the skin and the bodies were flaccid.
The Irish Times
8
On the contrary, it would render us nerveless, flabby, flaccid, and inert.
The Conquest of Fear
9
He collected more waterskins from where they hung flaccid from his saddle.
Forge of Darkness
10
How flaccid in muscle, how narrow in intelligence, how shallow in affection!
The Chief End of Man
11
Pressing him to me, the flesh of his chest feels soft, flaccid.
The whore of babylon, a memoir
12
Indeed, such a flaccid, fluid, pouchy carcass, I have never before seen.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers
13
Debbie's face was flaccid, the jaw limp, the eyelids only partially closed.
Gravity
14
Apparently, she saw his flaccid state as some sort of challenge.
Mistress of the game
15
He has become pliant in will, feeble in purpose, and flaccid in character.
Friendship
16
She read only in his flaccid features the sad history of the past.
The Merchant of Berlin: An Historical Novel
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