stubbed

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adjective

Short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of stub
adjectivestubbed (comparative more stubbed, superlative most stubbed)

comparative more stubbed · superlative most stubbed

  1. Short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.
  2. Abounding in stubs; stubby.

    Then came a bit of stubbed ground, once a wood, / Next a marsh, it would seem, and now mere earth / Desperate and done with; [...]

    1855, Robert Browning, “‘Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came.’”, in Men and Women […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, stanza 25, page 145
  3. Not delicate; hardy, rugged.

    Stubbed, vulgar constitutions.

    1744, George Berkeley, Siris: A Chain Of Philosophical Reflexions And Inquiries Concerning The Virtues Of Tar Water

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