knock-kneed
adjective
uk/ˌnɒkˈniːd/us/ˌnɑːkˈniːd/If someone is knock-kneed,theirkneesbendtowards each other.
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The transport of this country is slipshod,knock-kneed, pigeon-toed, and out of gear.
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The candidate in question was found to be suffering from defective colour vision in addition to beingknock-kneed.
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It has been running for so long that it is now getting extremelyknock-kneed.
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Some of them are bow-legged, some of them areknock-kneed; they are twisted all shapes.
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Closer examination by anyone—it does not need any medical knowledge—would show that he often has nasal catarrh, breathes badly, is flatchested andknock-kneed.
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It is not only squint-eyed, it is alsoknock-kneed, pigeon-toed and hollow-chested.
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Upon thoseknock-kneedfoundations we have a superstructure of administrative incompetence working upon vertical systems, which would have made failure reasonably certain even in the most propitious circumstances.
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He described them as having acted ill advisedly and without consideration, with wholly insufficient regard to the constitutional issues involved, and said that what they produced was aknock-kneedthing.
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His person was bad, he wasknock-kneed, his face was round and inexpressive, and his voice was not good.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This resembles the realigning of a bowlegged knee to aknock-kneedposition.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One is said to beknock-kneedif one has overly pronated feet.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most notably, he was a very slow runner; he had beenknock-kneedas a child and his pace was not helped by five knee surgeries throughout his career.
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