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• present participle of dwarf.

dwarfing

American  

[dwawr-fing] / ˈdwɔr fɪŋ /

noun

Biology.

1. a process in which an animal breed or plant cultivar is intentionally induced, as by selective breeding and genetic engineering, to produce a breed or cultivar that is significantly smaller than the original: bulldogs and commercial fruit trees are examples of organisms that have been subjected to dwarfing.

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Etymology

Origin of dwarfing

First recorded in 1620–30; dwarf ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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dwarfing

Not just because they towered overhead, the biggest dwarfing a stack of 10 blue whales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Rejection rates in counties where services were cut doubled or tripled from what they were four years ago, dwarfing any increases in counties where postal pickups remained as they were, our analysis showed.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Tall, gaunt and calculating, Wagoner’s angles had angles, but somehow standing next to her, his pompadour dwarfing her considerable bouffant, it worked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

The old computer-software index showed prices rising at a record 17% yearly pace, dwarfing any prior increase.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

On another Indonesian island—the small island of Flores—archaic humans underwent a process of dwarfing.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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