haggard ˈha-gərd adjective
1. showing the effects of overwork or suffering
2. very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
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The word haggard has appeared in 40 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on July 30 in “They Survived Colonization and War. But Venezuela’s Collapse Was Too Much” by Nicholas Casey:
The Wayuu have sought refuge in Colombia’s Guajira Desert, a desolate place in the continent’s extreme north where the original inhabitants and new arrivals are both trying to survive. Electricity never came to many of these villages, nor did running water. A five-year drought has meant long-running bouts of hunger.
The leader of Parenstu, Celinda Vangrieken, whose family has lived in Colombia for a century, looked at the refugees from Venezuela — dozens of newcomers among the hundreds of people living here. She said she had watched with sympathy as they arrived, haggard and desperate.
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