runty

adj

1. Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.

   “From the light above us thin shadows flickered and a runty little image of the defiance in front of me fell on to the table. […] The little runt was still singed and groggy […]”

   “Only later did I discover that a runty old almond tree, hidden behind a laburnum, riddled with peach leaf curl, […]”

   “Nopcsa’s dinosaurs were not only runty, but primitive as well.”