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"sense": "lean",
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"code": "ota",
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"roman": "zaʼif",
"sense": "lean",
"word": "ضعیف"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "lean",
"word": "magro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lean",
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "xudój",
"sense": "lean",
"word": "худо́й"
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"sense": "lean",
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "lean",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "ubohý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "mizerný"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "nedostačující"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "mager"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "schamel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "niukka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "maigre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"tags": [
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"word": "pauvre"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣaribi",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "ღარიბი"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "galeuli",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "გალეული"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ukoneli",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "უქონელი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "mager"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ischnós",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "ισχνός"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
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},
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"code": "el",
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"code": "el",
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "mager"
},
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "pukrich"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "pobre"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skúdnyj",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "ску́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "bédnyj",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
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},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
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},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "pobre"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "escaso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "deficiente"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "mizérnyj",
"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
"word": "мізе́рний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "poor, deficient or inferior",
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