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Geoffrey’s simpering, emotional stuntedness may make it difficult for, say, the village’s priest or barkeep to see much of themselves in him.

From The Verge • May 9, 2022

Pauli conveys the brilliant inventor’s egoism and emotional stuntedness, qualities that at one point provoke a climactic showdown with Ada.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022

As we’ve all seen here, they can just as easily represent stuntedness, inertia, confusion, misguidedness, selfishness, cruelty, fear, denial … have I missed any?

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021

A glossy time capsule, the interview is testament to consistency, stubbornness or stuntedness, depending on your viewpoint.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2016

It stood, somehow, for all that chafed and irritated him here—the moral, mental, and physical stuntedness of the people—their petty ambitions, petty jealousies, petty quarrels, petty virtues.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 by Various