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 stunted
 (a.)成長受妨礙的,矮小的

 Stunt v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunted p. pr. & vb. n. Stunting.]  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.
    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.

 Stunt·ed, a. Dwarfed. -- Stunt*ed*ness, n.
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 stunted
      adj : inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby
            cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees" [syn: scrawny,
             scrubby]