attenuated
/əˈtɛnjuˌeɪtɪd/
adjective
- Reduced in strength, effect, or intensity; weakened.
- The attenuated virus in the vaccine is safe for human use.
- The radio signal was too attenuated to reach the mountain village.
- After weeks of drought, the river's flow was attenuated.
- Made thin or slender; stretched out.
- Years of illness left him with an attenuated frame.
- The artist drew attenuated figures with long, elegant limbs.
- The plant's attenuated stems reached toward the sunlight.
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