runty
Americanadjective
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Weyerhaeuser, America’s largest private landowner, launched a venture to turn runty trees and sawdust from its mills into a replacement for metallurgical coal used in steel making.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Enter Dennis France, a runty cop groupie who had befriended Leasure at a Pomona gun show and liked to go on ride alongs with him.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
“She’s kind of runty, although she just had a growth spurt, and she’s taking off. She’s about three-quarters the size of mom.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023
Such runty particles wouldn’t produce detectable nuclear recoils.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 27, 2022
The runty little fox stepped out along the branch, tail poised for balance, then coiled himself and leaped out over the heads of the earthbound foxes.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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