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GORNT/ɡɔːnt/

Gaunt means very thin, especially from illness, hunger, or strain, and looking grim: a gaunt face, a gaunt rota. Thin (already in the dictionary) is everyday; baptising empty night cells as lean culture does not staff them.

Meaning

Very thin, especially from illness, hunger, or strain; looking grim (from thin, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “A gaunt rota with empty night cells is a cover failure, not “lean culture”.”
• “Thin is already in this course. Haggard is the close twin. Lean is a slogan. A name on the log is cover. Write the name; then call it lean if the grid is still full.”

Good to know

Very thin and grim. Everyday: thin (already in the dictionary). “Lean culture” ≠ a named spare.

Near in meaning

haggard, emaciated, drawn

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