stunted

Example Sentences

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Most of the population lost weight, and a 2020 report found that 13% of children under the age of 5 were stunted.

From The Wall Street Journal

Matthew Patrick Davis accentuates with a wink the callowness of Joseph II, an emperor who perhaps sees in Mozart a reflection of his own stunted nature.

From Los Angeles Times

The questions surrounding the brothers Tom and Will Green, who surfaced in the Canadian town of Vernon, British Columbia, in 2003, are less about pedagogy and stunted development than the nature of liberty.

From The Wall Street Journal

Is there a class of people with more vaulting self-belief or more stunted self-awareness than America’s journalists?

From The Wall Street Journal

Demand growth is stunted and supply remains plentiful.

From The Wall Street Journal