stunted as an adjective: - 1
stunted
adjective
1 stunted
Inferior in size or quality:
— Old stunted thorn trees.
synonyms: scrawny, scrubby.
Roget 193:
little;
small
etc.
(in quantity)
32;
minute,
diminutive,
microscopic;
microzoal;
inconsiderable
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
exiguous,
puny,
tiny,
wee,
petty,
minikin†,
miniature,
pygmy,
pigmy†,
elfin;
undersized;
dwarf,
dwarfed,
dwarfish;
spare,
stunted,
limited;
cramp,
cramped;
pollard,
Liliputian,
dapper,
pocket;
portative†,
portable;
duodecimo†;
dumpy,
squat;
short
etc.
201.
impalpable,
intangible,
evanescent,
imperceptible,
invisible,
inappreciable,
insignificant,
inconsiderable,
trivial;
infinitesimal,
homoeopathic†;
atomic,
subatomic,
corpuscular,
molecular;
rudimentary,
rudimental;
embryonic,
vestigial.
weazen†,
scant,
scraggy,
scrubby;
thin
etc.
(narrow)
203;
granular
etc.
(powdery)
330;
shrunk
etc.
195;
brevipennate†.
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Roget 195:
contracting
etc.
v.;
astringent;
shrunk,
contracted
etc.
v.;
strangulated,
tabid†,
wizened,
stunted;
waning
etc.
v.;
neap,
compact.
unexpanded
etc.
(expand)
etc.
194†;
contractile;
compressible;
smaller
etc.
(small)
etc.
193.
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