skeletal

About 7.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart)
2. adjective of, or relating to the skeleton
3. adjective haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
4. adjective barebones, lacking elaboration
5. adjective Comprising only the base structure of a building, etc.

   After the bombing, only the skeletal remains of the city could be seen.

Similar words

cadaverous pinched thin emaciated gaunt haggard lean bony wasted skinny

Often followed by

muscle muscles remains system and structure material elements growth traction

Word family

skeletally