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• s  having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

• The round-shouldered man was William Morgan Butler, outgoing chairman of the National Republican Committee.
• Better than any living man, Senator Byron Patton Harrison of Mississippi represents in his own spindle-legged, round-shouldered, freckle-faced person the modern history of the .
• In their lineup is still famed slope-faced, round-shouldered Howie Morenz, the highest paid, the fastest hockey player in the world.

• hunched
• round-backed
• stooped
• stooping
• crooked

News & Articles

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• Keeping Fit: Exercises to protect shoulders
  Want to reduce the risk of injuring the upper back and shoulders? Strengthen them. Here’s how: Let’s begin with the round-shouldered position that so many of us assume so much of each day as we sit at our desk or slouch on our couch.
  Feb. 18, 2014 - Peoria Journal Star

Quotes

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• Gideon Haigh in The Age
  Ranji once spoke of players who 'went grey in the service of the game',Haigh writes. "Tavare, slim, round-shouldered, with a faint moustache, looked careworn and world-weary from the moment he graduated to international cricket."