to atrophy
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7.8
- verb
- /ˈætrəfi/
- Specialized
- But why was handwriting allowed to atrophy in the first place?
- muscles atrophy
- atrophied limbs
- allowed to atrophy
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Watch on YouTubeAnd the second question is what muscle has atrophied?
- And the second question is what muscle has atrophied?
- And if we don't use it, it atrophies.
- So if you want your negative beliefs to atrophy, then you have to really stop using them.
- So your lats are huge, your shoulders are huge, your chest muscles kind of atrophy.
- Well, actually, even women who don't have children, apparently those muscles, they just start atrophying as you get older.
- And to me, it's like it's just sort of obvious from the these large scale studies that, as you point out, alcohol atrophies the brain, it kills neurons.
- Well, it's because the way that myelin sheaths lay down, the way that our brains work, is that it's really quite hard to atrophy connections in the brain once they're made.
- Interpersonal muscles start to atrophy as you spend more and more time in a narcissistic relationship.
- It's for a long time being governed by a triumvirate almost some scholars call it even a separation of power system, which seems to be atrophying now.
- When our natural biology is replaced, then those skills either begin to atrophy or we lose access altogether to to that field.
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I mean, another thing that atrophies in marriage or long term relationships is communication.
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If the muscle is never exercised, it will atrophy and lose strength.
Academic text (2000) -
Is that going to perhaps atrophy this part of the brain?
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And we are allowing that app to atrophy the brains of kids, for instance, right?
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So if you want your negative beliefs to atrophy, then you have to really stop using them.
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And the way that we're going to get those connections to atrophy is actually going to start with our diet.
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Muscles are supposed to atrophy.
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I'm afraid my skill atrophied.
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Asia's business model has atrophied, and it is unclear what will replace it.
Academic text (2009) -
If you do not use your muscles regularly, they will atrophy over time and lose strength.
Synonyms
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5.5
To become weak and thin because of sickness or not eating enough
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5.1
To become thin and weak because of illness or a lack of food
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Etymology
Atrophy as a verb comes from Greek a- 'not' and troph 'nourishment'. So to atrophy is to waste away or 'shrink', as when muscles or skills become smaller and weaker from a lack of food or use.