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English
Etymology
un- + muscular
Pronunciation
Adjective
unmuscular (comparative more unmuscular, superlative most unmuscular)
- Not muscular; weak, puny, wimpy.
- (figurative) Not robust or strong.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 413:[H]e kept saying, over and over: "I forgive him. He is still my brother. It is proper to forgive those who revile us," somewhat like an unmuscular Christian.