stunted 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of stuntednext
as in scrubby

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stunted

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verb

past tense of stunt
as in suppressed
to hold back the normal growth of unfortunately, an unusually dry summer seems to have permanently stunted the tree

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stunted
  1. scrubby
  2. suppressed
  3. dwarf
  4. tiny
  5. halted
  6. puny
  7. diminished
  8. bitty
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
Verb
  • Caspar suppressed his urge to respond.
    Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Ukrainians are uncovering their country’s culinary history – and how its distinctive features were suppressed by the authorities during Soviet rule.
    Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of suppressed
Adjective
  • Astronomers have discovered a rare group of five dwarf galaxies located relatively close to Earth; these galaxies exist in a near-perfect alignment, resembling a string of cosmic pearls in the sky.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Definition of dwarf
Adjective
  • For what’s known as PM2.5 pollution, or tiny inhalable particles of smoke and dust, a PurpleAir sensor located south of Los Angeles International Airport simultaneously returned on Monday an air quality index of 28 on AirNow’s website, 20 on WatchDuty, and 5 on PurpleAir’s official page.
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Despite their immense size, these gentle giants are filter feeders, primarily consuming plankton, small fish, and other tiny organisms by swimming with their mouths open to filter food from the water.
    Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of tiny
Verb
  • At the first convention center stop, the driver halted, and three additional riders squeezed into the five-passenger sedan before the trip continued.
    Daniel Rothberg, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2025
  • As states across the country banned hormone treatment and puberty blockers for trans youth, some medical practices halted care — and pharmacies stopped providing prescriptions — before they were legally required to.
    Orion Rummler, Them, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of halted
Adjective
  • This time, the rearrangement looks far more radical than the puny size of Gaza might have suggested.
    Max Rodenbeck, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Taken together with the bones, however—and with some help from modern technology—these earthen imprints give a holistic picture of the prehistoric creatures that sashayed along in their heyday, oblivious to the puny mammals of the future who would gawk at their footprints millions of years later.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of puny
Verb
  • Recession fears have diminished, inflation is trending back toward 2 percent, and the labor market has rebalanced, but remains strong.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The theme of running recurred, as did moments of isolation, with Abraham appearing preoccupied and diminished, unable to fully participate as the others moved around him.
    Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of diminished
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
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