stunted

English

Verb

stunted

1. simple past and past participle of stunt

   The plant's growth was stunted because it was placed in a closet.

Adjective

stunted (comparative more stunted, superlative most stunted)

1. prevented from growing or developing
2. (medicine) Of a person: shorter than usual for one's age.

Related terms

• (medicine): wasted

Translations

prevented from growing or developing

• Czech: zakrslý m
• Esperanto: malaltkreska
• Finnish: kitukasvuinen (fi), kitulias (fi)
• German: verkümmert (de), unterentwickelt (de), verkrüppelt (de), gehemmt (de), kleinwüchsig (de)
• Maori: pūtutu, kaurehe, tūrukiruki, houtete, hūtoi, hūtoitoi, hōtoa, rehe
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kortvokst

• Tagalog: unsyami
• Tày: ảy

of low height for age

• Finnish: lyhytkasvuinen (fi)
• German: kleinwüchsig (de), zwergwüchsig, unterentwickelt (de)
• Maori: pūkiki, rehe

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• Student, student