runty

adjective

Definition of runtynext
as in dwarf

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for runty
  1. dwarf
  2. tiny
  3. scrubby
  4. teeny
  5. miniature
  6. teensy
  7. bitty
  8. infinitesimal
Adjective
  • This galaxy, roughly 59 million light-years away, is typical of the kinds of galaxies that inhabited the early universe and is classified as a dwarf irregular galaxy.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Some types reach up to 6 to 10 feet tall, but dwarf varieties max out at 2 to 3 feet tall.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of dwarf
Adjective
  • The rock, ringed with black and marked by distinctive white veins and dozens of tiny bright spots, was discovered as Perseverance explored a quarter-mile-wide valley called Neretva Vallis.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In flash climbing, the first attempt is also the last and even a tiny mistake can prove costly.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of tiny
Adjective
  • The forests will be scrubbier and more open.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Just to the south, in a clearing between stands of scrubby black spruce, a cow moose spotted the women and leapt to its feet, dashing away to the southeast and into a 32-acre area that the city is working to turn into a new snow dump site in West Anchorage.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Nov. 2021
Definition of scrubby
Adjective
  • The latter performance won a Silver Bear for Best Acting in a Leading Role at the Berlin Film Festival, so Stan could have the teeniest leg up in that respect.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
  • But now they are also being encouraged to gaze down at the painstaking details of the dolls’ house, with some of its teeniest artifacts placed in low cases to benefit close inspection.
    Megan Specia, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
Definition of teeny
Adjective
  • Many miniature or compact species of orchids, bromeliads, ferns, begonias, and aroids are epiphytes and can thrive in terrariums.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
  • At each table stood two players, battling each other with their own array of miniature armies and soldiers — the size of the models ranged, based on their species and pose.
    Desirae Sin, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of miniature
Adjective
  • The booklouse, which has not been found outdoors in Alaska, feeds on teensy bits of mold that form on formerly living things, including food.
    Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2023
  • And After That, a teensy McAllen, Tx.-based clothing company that inventively—and often cheekily—pays homage to movies and bands with shirts, T-shirts and hoodies.
    Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2023
Definition of teensy
Adjective
  • But Tyrannosaurus was hardly the only dinosaur to evolve itty bitty appendages.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
  • Now, even water comes in those itty bitty little bottles just right for tiny hands.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2021
Definition of bitty
Adjective
  • By infinitesimal degrees, the actor reveals his character’s vulnerability, building to the emotional wreckage of a sobering visit to Majdanek concentration camp.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Some bits get altered periodically in a database somewhere, as infinitesimal patches of ferromagnetism on disks or electromagnetic pulses flitting from here to there.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012
Definition of infinitesimal
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