Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of stunt
The plant's growth was stunted because it was placed in a closet.
adjectivestunted (comparative more stunted, superlative most stunted)
comparative more stunted · superlative most stunted
- Prevented from growing or developing fully and hence shorter and stockier that usual.
A poor diet leads to stunted growth.
1 more example
Here lay a desolate valley—a shallow, narrow valley dotted with stunted trees and covered with many great bowlders.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 160 - medicineOf a person: shorter than usual for one's age.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Czech zakrslý
- zakrslýprevented from growing or developing
Danish kummerform
- kummerformprevented from growing or developing
Esperanto malaltkreska
- malaltkreskaprevented from growing or developing
Finnish kitukasvuinen, kitulias
- kitukasvuinenprevented from growing or developing
- kituliasprevented from growing or developing
- lyhytkasvuinenof low height for age
German verkümmert, unterentwickelt
- verkümmertprevented from growing or developing
- unterentwickeltprevented from growing or developing
- verkrüppeltprevented from growing or developing
- gehemmtprevented from growing or developing
- kleinwüchsigprevented from growing or developing
- kleinwüchsigof low height for age
- zwergwüchsigof low height for age
- unterentwickeltof low height for age
Māori pūtutu, kaurehe
- pūtutuprevented from growing or developing
- kaureheprevented from growing or developing
- tūrukirukiprevented from growing or developing
- houteteprevented from growing or developing
- hūtoiprevented from growing or developing
- hūtoitoiprevented from growing or developing
- hōtoaprevented from growing or developing
- reheprevented from growing or developing
- pūkikiof low height for age
- reheof low height for age
Norwegian Bokmål kortvokst
- kortvokstprevented from growing or developing
Slovak zakrslý
- zakrslýprevented from growing or developing
Spanish raquítico, impedido
- raquíticoprevented from growing or developing
- impedidoprevented from growing or developing
- atrofiadoof low height for age
Tagalog unsyami
- unsyamiprevented from growing or developing
Turkish bodur, bacaksız
- bodurprevented from growing or developing
- bacaksızprevented from growing or developing
- bodurof low height for age
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Cite this entry
APA
stunted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunted
MLA
“stunted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunted. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stunted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunted.
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