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• v  check the growth or development of
• v  perform a stunt or stunts
• s  inferior in size or quality
  old stunted thorn trees

• She looks about 7 or 8 but is actually 12, stunted from years of undernutrition.
• Scrawny, stunted and thorny, the plant then symbolized Boeing's postwar plight, with two of the company's plants silent and empty, 38,000 of its wartime workers out of jobs.
• Unhappy home conditions can cause not only mental retardation in children but stunted physical growth as well.

• stunt
• scrawny
• scrubby

News & Articles

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• Get Your Gumption Back: Lessons From a Paralympic Medalist
  Bonnie St. John's misfortune as a young girl become her lifelong leadership strength. When Bonnie St. John was five years old, a birth defect stunted the growth in her right leg. The doctor had no choice but to amputate it. Rather than let it defeat her, St. John made a decision--with the help of a demanding nurse--to live resiliently. She overcame tremendous odds--in addition to her physical ...
  June 13, 2013 - Inc Magazine
• No 'matoes in Bradley Co. for annual Pink Tomato Festival
  The annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival , scheduled for this weekend in Warren, will have crafts, food and music. but few tomatoes , organizers say. A cooperative extension agent told KATV that three April temperature dips delayed the usual harvest time in Bradley County by up to three weeks and stunted what did ripen to "finger food" size. Get thee to the Piggly Wiggly, Warrenites ...
  June 10, 2013 - Arkansas Times

Quotes

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• Joakim Noah in USA Today
  It was more of a reaction,said Noah. "He drove to my side and I stunted at him, tried to make him pick up his dribble. He threw the pass, got the steal and it felt like it took me forever to get to the basket, but I'm happy I got there."
• Byron Scott in The Casper Star Tribune
  I think a lot of that is because of the injuries that he's suffered this season,Hornets coach Byron Scott said after the trade. "He's had a series of injuries this season that have really stunted his progress, unfortunately. I don't think...
• Robert Zoellick in CNN International
  This is not just about meals forgone today or about increasing social unrest. This is about lost learning potential for children and adults in the future, stunted intellectual and physical growth,Zoellick said.