unmuscular

English

Etymology

un- +‎ muscular

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

unmuscular (comparative more unmuscular, superlative most unmuscular)

1. Not muscular; weak, puny, wimpy.
2. (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.