rail-thin

adjective

Very thin, unhealthily thin.

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Meanings

adjectiverail-thin (comparative more rail-thin, superlative most rail-thin)

comparative more rail-thin · superlative most rail-thin

  1. derogatoryidiomaticslangVery thin, unhealthily thin.

    But on the runway, the clothes designers love them. There is now a movement starting in Italy not to use rail-thin models and to return to those who actually look like women.

    2009, Richard Norgaard, Controlling Your Future, Six Steps To A Better Life, page 133
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APA

rail-thin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rail-thin

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“rail-thin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rail-thin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rail-thin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rail-thin.

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