Adjective
Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.
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From the light above us thin shadows flickered and a runty little image of the defiance in front of me fell on to the table. […] The little runt was still singed and groggy […]
Only later did I discover that a runty old almond tree, hidden behind a laburnum, riddled with peach leaf curl, […]
Nopcsa’s dinosaurs were not only runty, but primitive as well.
Adjective
well below average height
(used especially of persons) of inferior size