round-backed

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Adj. 1. round-backed - having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"

unerect - not upright in position or posture

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I always liked McArdle, the crabbed, old, round-backed, red-headed news editor, and I rather hoped that he liked me.

One black gap in the long line of grey, round-backed airships marked the position from which the Vaterland had come.

Sold for PS9,000, rare 19th century huanghuali round-backed settee.