"stunted" in the verb sense
1. stunt
check the growth or development of
"You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"
2. stunt
perform a stunt or stunts
"stunted" in the adjective sense
1. scrawny, scrubby, stunted
inferior in size or quality
"scrawny cattle"
"scrubby cut-over pine"
"old stunted thorn trees"
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