Popular
Popular adjective - Enjoying widespread favor or approval.
Wimpy
Wimpy adjective - Lacking bodily strength.
Both words in one sentence
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Less popular with the other directors — particularly Freleng — who found him too wimpy.
Source: Western Animation / Looney Tunes -
Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid, a satire of middle school life, has become insanely popular, with many sequels, several movies and a TV series in the works.
Source: Diary -
Manipulative Bastard: Wimpy Massive Multiplayer Crossover: The 1972 TV special The Man Who Hated Laughter, which teamed up virtually every popular King Features Syndicate character, even those from strips of completely different genres and art styles.
Source: Comic Strip / Popeye
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