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RUNTINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does runtiness mean?
• RUNTINESS (noun)
The noun RUNTINESS has 1 sense:
1. smallness of stature
Familiarity information: RUNTINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smallness of stature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
puniness; runtiness; stuntedness
Hypernyms ("runtiness" is a kind of...):
littleness; smallness (the property of having a relatively small size)
Derivation:
runty ((used especially of persons) of inferior size)
runty (well below average height)
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