anemic

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The governor said his own budgeting assumes zero growth in state government revenues for fiscal year starting July 1, 2009, and 3 percent - "anemic" - the following fiscal year.

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  1. adjective Relating to or suffering from anemia.
  2. adjective Lacking vitality; listless and weak: an anemic attempt to hit the baseball; an anemic economic recovery.

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  • Two thirds of the children there are anemic, and that's not because they don't have enough food but that they are too terrified to eat or process the food that they are getting properly. —  1tbm
  • Demand is anemic, the market is still oversupplied, and prices are more than $100 off last summer's peak, and well below OPEC's comfort zone between $60 and $80 a barrel. —  The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future
  • They try to make the case that high-deductible health plan (HDHP) adoption has been "anemic," but they do so by purposefully overlooking the available data. —  John Goodman's Health Policy Blog
  • WSF Headline Roundup - 9 / 4 / 08 - Cerberus 'Chrysler / GMAC problems mount; Ex-Credit Suisse brokers charged; Dallas Fed pres sees' anemic '' 09 growth; National City offers cash for equity line cuts; Boeing union strike delayed .... —  Wall Street Folly
  • Dallas Fed president foresees 'anemic' growth into 2009 —  Wall Street Folly
 

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/æˈnɛmɪk/
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