Stunted (Adjective)
Meaning
Inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The area was barren and rocky, with stunted trees struggling to survive in the poor soil.
- The farmer tried to cultivate a garden, but the plants grew stunted and weak due to lack of water.
- The old mine had left the surrounding landscape scarred and littered with stunted, twisted trees.
- The impoverished region was characterized by stunted crops and malnourished livestock.
- Years of drought had left the once-thriving forest now populated with stunted, dying vegetation.