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runty
adjective as in short
adjective as in small
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Such runty particles wouldn’t produce detectable nuclear recoils.
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Is it as heartwarming as a runty, wilted Christmas tree revived by love?
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They are sarcastic, my lot, calling a runty little chap like me Big Fellow, but there you are.
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“But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another.”
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Unlike all the other trees of its kind in the area, it was never cut down, because it was runty and twisted and situated on a rocky slope; it appeared unprofitable to loggers.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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