unthriving

adj

Etymology

From un- + thriving.

Definitions

  1. Failing to thrive

    Failing to thrive; weak or sickly.

    • In every place where there are half a dozen houses is planted an unthriving tree of liberty, which seems to wither under the baneful influence of the bonnet rouge.
    • He stopped short and looked at the brick wall of the terrace, faced with shallow arches, meagrely clothed by a few unthriving creepers, with an ill-kept narrow flower-bed along its foot.

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