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Prevented from growing or developing fully and hence shorter and stockier that usual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A poor diet leads to stunted growth.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Of a person: shorter than usual for one's age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
simple past and past participle of stunt
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Examples
- The plant's growth was stunted because it was placed in a closet.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
inferior in size or quality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- scrawny cattle
- scrubby cut-over pine
- old stunted thorn trees
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scrawny, scrubby
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
zakrslý
— prevented from growing or developing
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Danish:
kummerform
— prevented from growing or developing
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Esperanto:
malaltkreska
— prevented from growing or developing
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Finnish:
kitukasvuinen
— prevented from growing or developing
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Finnish:
kitulias
— prevented from growing or developing
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German:
verkümmert
— prevented from growing or developing
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German:
unterentwickelt
— prevented from growing or developing
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German:
verkrüppelt
— prevented from growing or developing
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German:
gehemmt
— prevented from growing or developing
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German:
kleinwüchsig
— prevented from growing or developing
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Māori:
pūtutu
— prevented from growing or developing
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Māori:
kaurehe
— prevented from growing or developing
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Māori:
tūrukiruki
— prevented from growing or developing
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Māori:
houtete
— prevented from growing or developing
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Māori:
hūtoi
— prevented from growing or developing
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Māori:
hūtoitoi
— prevented from growing or developing
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Māori:
hōtoa
— prevented from growing or developing
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Māori:
rehe
— prevented from growing or developing
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kortvokst
— prevented from growing or developing
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Serbo-Croatian:
kržljav
— prevented from growing or developing
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Slovak:
zakrslý
— prevented from growing or developing
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Spanish:
raquítico
— prevented from growing or developing
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Spanish:
impedido
— prevented from growing or developing
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Tagalog:
unsyami
— prevented from growing or developing
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Tày:
ảy
— prevented from growing or developing
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Turkish:
bodur
— prevented from growing or developing
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Turkish:
bacaksız
— prevented from growing or developing
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Finnish:
lyhytkasvuinen
— of low height for age
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German:
kleinwüchsig
— of low height for age
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German:
zwergwüchsig
— of low height for age
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German:
unterentwickelt
— of low height for age
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Māori:
pūkiki
— of low height for age
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Māori:
rehe
— of low height for age
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Spanish:
atrofiado
— of low height for age
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Turkish:
bodur
— of low height for age