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Meanings of stunted in English
Synonyms
Examples for "scrawny"
Examples for "scrawny"
1
Mary took Billy's scrawny shoulders in her hand, saying, Come on, sweetie.
2
My arms seemed particularly scrawny hanging out from beneath the short sleeves.
3
Plenty of these scrawny infants may be seen in the lying-in hospitals.
4
The picture will capture the moment forever, he shrugged his scrawny shoulders.
5
The long scrawny throat worked convulsively, the hands gripped each other savagely.
1
To the east another flat-topped range; country between also scrubby; apparently open.
2
The country in general scrubby, with occasional reaches of open forest land.
3
They had come to an area of scrubby brush on stilt roots.
4
The country was thinly wooded in some places and scrubby at others.
5
At four miles got to the rise, which is a scrubby sand-hill.
Usage of stunted in English
1
But when I try to speak, the words come out choked, stunted.
2
It's still a stunted bank with a lot of problems, Hendler said.
3
People with stunted psychological development don't understand how to conduct healthy relationships.
4
My fashion sense is somewhat stunted, but I still had to wonder.
5
The queerly stunted trees dotted the sloping sides of this great desert.
6
The ensuing turmoil has stunted foreign investment and badly hurt economic growth.
7
Its thatch is hollow; the peat-smoke curls stingily from its stunted chimney.
8
Quickly they slunk out of sight behind a brown and stunted bush.
9
Black's departure stunted Illinois' offense this time around while Iowa kept attacking.
10
The boy rancher pointed to a figure standing near a stunted bush.
11
The thick, stunted columns, left in the rough, also awaited their sculptors.
12
Nearly one in three Indonesian children under five is stunted, it says.
13
Enough for us to know that our natural growth has been stunted.
14
The most stunted specimen was a little boy I met near Hindhead.
15
There stood a solitary tree near the spot-itwas a stunted cotton-wood
16
The soil is good, and completely covered with grass and stunted gum-trees.
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Stunted across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common