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Runty

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.

    "From the light above us thin shadows flickered and a runty little image of the defiance in front of me fell on to the table. […] The little runt was still singed and groggy […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used especially of persons) of inferior size wordnet
  2. 2
    well below average height wordnet

Etymology

From runt + -y.

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