pencil-necked vs wasted

pencil-necked

adj
  • Insubstantial; weak. 

  • Having a very thin neck. 

wasted

adj
  • Ravaged or deteriorated. 

  • Very drunk or stoned. 

  • Emaciated and haggard. 

  • Not profitably used. 

  • Low weight-for-height (for a person). 

How often have the words pencil-necked and wasted occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )