runty
Example Sentences
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Such runty particles wouldn’t produce detectable nuclear recoils.
From Science Magazine
Is it as heartwarming as a runty, wilted Christmas tree revived by love?
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From The New Yorker
But his strongest selling point as an antidote to President Trump and his immigrant bashing might be his runty, but wildly successful, experiment of a hometown.
From New York Times
But 10-year-old Louie takes him in, and just like the immortal Fern with runty Wilbur, he pours on the tender love and care, bottle feeding him and wrapping him in blankets.
From New York Times
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