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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition..
All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species.
There was a little stream, or brook, never dry, flowing, now slow, now with torrential rapidity, for ever in its narrow ditch. Unsteadily a rustic bridge bestrode its dark waters, a rustic humpbacked bridge, in a state of extreme dilapidation.
Use humpbacked when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Humpbacked means Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition..
Common synonyms include hunchbacked, kyphotic, unfit, hunchback.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species.
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