stunted

I was sitting so low, even the permafrost-stunted spruce trees towered over me.

This view holds the Arab world to be stunted, reflecting a cynicism born from the dismissal of our cultures and capacities.

The elderly are helped into the shade of the few stunted trees nearby.

The more extreme risks range from cardiac problems to stunted growth and a diminished immune system.

The soil is sandy, and affords but little nourishment to the stunted trees with which it is furnished.

Their complexion is a light bronze, stunted in stature, well-knit, and about the middle size.

The wind sang in his ears, and rock, bush, and stunted tree flashed by like so many missiles hurled at him by a giant hand.

She bore Marneffe a child, a stunted, scrawny urchin named Stanislas.

How stunted and dwarfed the groves of our new academies when compared with the rich luxuriance of the gardens of Trinity!