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In some senses, robust is marked as euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
robust
UK /ɹəʊˈbʌst/ US /ɹoʊˈbʌst/
adj 5
Definitions
adj
1
Able to withstand adverse conditions.
2
Evincing strength and health; strong; (often, especially) both large and healthy.
He was a robust man of six feet four.
robust health
3
Requiring strength or vigor.
robust employment
4
Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety.
robust findings
robust proof
5
Rough; rude.
As a frenetic opening continued, Cahill - whose robust approach had already prompted Jamie Carragher to register his displeasure to Atkinson - rose above the Liverpool defence to force keeper Pepe Reina into an athletic tip over the top.
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