A life devoted to one thing is a stunted life, while a pluralistic life is an abundant one.
He was a dwarf, half his brother's height, struggling to keep pace on stunted legs.
The tall boy beside him could only be the crown prince, and that stunted little man behind them was surely the Imp, Tyrion Lannister.
"Woz is very bright in some areas, but he's almost like a savant, ",, since he was so stunted when it came to dealing with people he didn't know," said Jobs.
While it's true that your hair probably hasn't stopped growing altogether, there are some factors that can slow the growth or make it seem like the growth has been stunted.
Svend Brinkmann from Aalborg University says forcing ourselves to be happy all the time could leave us emotionally stunted.
"Poverty has stunted further growth in Internet users, which has kept the Net user population to around 50 percent," Li said.
Furthermore, studies have linked tablet usage to stunted development in toddlers.
Malnutrition has traditionally been associated with children who are starving, have stunted growth and are prone to infection.
Mercer said that rankings were affected by "volatile markets and stunted economic growth in many parts of the world".
This results in many physical problems, such as short-sightedness and stunted growth.
They bred engineered mice that lack the hotair gene, for example, and found that the mice developed a constellation of deformities, like stunted wrists and jumbled vertebrae.
Snow blanketed every rooftop and weighed on the branches of the stunted mulberry trees that lined our street.
An alien with stunted DNA.
Studies on the remains of ordinary ancient Egyptians in a cemetery in Tell el-Amarna showed that many of them suffered from anemia, fractured bones, stunted growth and high juvenile mortality rates, according to professors Barry Kemp and Jerome Rose, who led the research.
Some admire his beauty and liberating individualism but others lament the popularity of a modern-day Narcissus whose looks have stunted the development of his personality.
No, said the man, there is still a little stunted kitchen-wench which my late wife left behind her, but she cannot possibly be the bride.
They were like two sunbeams coming into the poor room, into the stunted thought which made him so cross and ill-natured.
He tried the strength of the stunted trees, and the thick underwood upon which the nest rested, and of which it was formed, and finding they would support his weight, he grasped them firmly, and swung himself up from the ladder till his head and breast were above the nest, and then what an overpowering stench came from it, for in it lay the putrid remains of lambs, chamois, and birds.
They came at length to rocky ground; sometimes stepping upon moss-covered stones, sometimes passing beneath stunted fir-trees, and again through green meadows.
