Definition of "stunted" [stunt•ed]

• Simple past tense and past participle of stunt. (verb)
• Prevented from growing or developing (adjective)
• Low height-for-age (for a person). (adjective)

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• "Many analysts agree that hiring will remain stunted until businesses find a higher level of confidence in the economy, regardless of the availability of money to borrow."
• "Leaving the marriage only results in stunted growth."
• "Yet stunted is an ugly and misleading word: for the flowers that grow here are not deformed midgets but perfectly proportioned miniatures – real plants seen through the wrong end of the glass."