Definitions
To waste away or become weaker from lack of use.
Word origin
Borrowed from French atrophie, from Latin atrophia, from Ancient Greek ἀτροφία (atrophía, “a wasting away”), from ἄτροφος (átrophos, “ill-fed, un-nourished”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “to fatten”). Equivalent to a- + -trophy.
Used in a sentence
“Boy. I love summer vacation. I can feel my brain beginning to atrophy already.”
“Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Waste away”7 letters
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