'Stunted' definitions:
Definition of 'stunted'
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Definition of 'Stunted'
From: GCIDE
- Stunted \Stunt"ed\, a. Dwarfed. -- {Stunt"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stunted'
From: GCIDE
- Stunt \Stunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stunting.] [See Stint.] To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant. [1913 Webster]
- When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies, the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. --Burke. [1913 Webster]