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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. inferior in size or quality;
- Example: "scrawny cattle"
- Example: "scrubby cut-over pine"
- Example: "old stunted thorn trees"
[syn: scrawny, scrubby, stunted]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stunt \Stunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stunting.] [See Stint.] To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant. [1913 Webster] When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies, the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stunted \Stunt"ed\, a. Dwarfed. -- Stunt"ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stunted adj 1: inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees" [syn: scrawny, scrubby, stunted]