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# stunted

adjective (stunted); verb form (past of «stunt»: stunt, stunts, stunted, stunting)

«stunted» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Stunted means smaller or shorter than normal because growth has been stopped or slowed, often by poor food, illness or a hard place to live. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stunted/#m1)
2. Stunted can describe something that has not developed properly, like stunted progress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stunted/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on plants it is a result of too little light, water or nutrients, which pupils test in fair-test experiments. In geography and health, stunted growth in children is caused by not having enough good food over a long time, an important world problem. Phrases: «stunted growth», «stunted trees», «stunt the growth of».

### Examples

- The plant kept in the dark was pale and stunted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stunted/#x1)
- High on the mountain only stunted trees could grow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stunted/#x2)
- Children without enough food can have stunted growth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stunted/#x3)
- Wind and salt left the trees stunted and bent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stunted/#x4)
- Our results showed that plants with no water were stunted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stunted/#x5)
- The war stunted the town's growth for many years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stunted/#x6)
- Just look! that rose is all slug-eaten, and this one is stunted! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stunted/#x7)

### Note

Past form of «stunt» used as an adjective. «Stunt» also means a daring trick (a stunt), which is a different word. Myth: coffee does not stunt children's growth, but it is still not good for children.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stunted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stunted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stunted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stunted.html) on Mova free.