Usually means: Smaller and weaker than average.
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  1. runted: Merriam-Webster
  2. runted: Collins English Dictionary
  3. runted: Wiktionary

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▸ adjective:  Not properly grown; having a growth shortage.

Similar:
peewee, half-pint, shrimp, undergrown, ungrown, stunted, immature, undergroomed, untrimmed, unraked, more...

Opposite:
thrived, flourished, prospered, developed, grew

Types:
stunted, spindly, scrawny, underdeveloped, anemic, emaciated, malnourished, gaunt, more...

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Similar:
peewee, half-pint, shrimp, undergrown, ungrown, stunted, immature, undergroomed, untrimmed, unraked, more...

Opposite:
thrived, flourished, prospered, developed, grew

Types:
stunted, spindly, scrawny, underdeveloped, anemic, emaciated, malnourished, gaunt, more...



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