Anaemic

I am what the doctors call anaemic; a rather bloodless creature. ❋ George Meredith (1868)

Ex-World Bank chief Stiglitz bemoans 'anaemic' recovery by BLOOMBERG ❋ Unknown (2010)

Confederation said the recovery in the tourist industry was 'anaemic', and could take up to five years. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But yesterday, Paul Tucker, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, warned that any signs of growth would be "anaemic". ❋ Unknown (2009)

The numbers come after Bank of England deputy governor Paul Tucker warned any recovery was likely to be "anaemic" and the true picture of the economy's health would not become apparent until next spring or summer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Paul Tucker, deputy governor of the Bank of England, yesterday warned that any improvement in the economy would be "anaemic". ❋ Unknown (2009)

Here, after a varying degree of exposure, she becomes anaemic. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But rates are already near zero and are unlikely to rise much while the economy is so anaemic. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In short, Brissenden struck Martin as anaemic and feather-brained, and was promptly dismissed from his mind. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I did it because the way led to it, because I was only a human boy, a creature of my environment, and neither an anaemic nor a god. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Of course, because the taxpayer has no choice but to cough up, this gangrenous tumescence keeps bulging as the services provided become more emaciated and anaemic. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

Then the mother arrived, an anaemic whirlwind of solicitude and maternal wrath. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the aftermath of that conflict, Max Boot, an American neoconservative, wrote, “By the traditional measures of power, Europe is in decline: economic growth is anaemic, military budgets are in free fall, the fertility rate is declining.” ❋ Gideon Rachman (2011)

The Irish stew looked a little stodgy and anaemic, but the potatoes had absorbed plenty of flavourful stock to take on a mushy, comforting texture, the chunks of carrot were numerous enough to add a perky sweetness and I unearthed a reasonable amount of good lamb. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If Ed Miliband and Alan Johnson are going to do this, there will be no better opportunity than the first six months of 2011, a period when growth will be anaemic at best. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The idea, then, is to move to an economy where, eventually, household consumption takes more than its currently anaemic 35% share of gross domestic product, making investment and net exports growth less crucial. ❋ Andrew Peaple (2010)

The men become caricatures of what physical men ought to be, and their women and children are pale and anaemic, with eyes ringed darkly, who stoop and slouch, and are early twisted out of all shapeliness and beauty. ❋ Unknown (2010)

'I'm [alone] and self-anaemic...' That has no [meaning]. I [googled] it. ❋ Cleansmeistertroth (2008)

she cant [swim]? [oh no] she’s anaemic [drowning]. ❋ Jim Parsons (2023)