Adjective, : The runty puppy seems the most playful of the litter. From Dictionary.com.
These dogies were ever afterwards unmistakable in appearance, and remained stunted, "runty" little animals of no value. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
Talen is the runty, teenage son of an oppressed farmer. From Wordnik.com. [HH Com 243 (239)] Reference
Why should the son of a mountain need affirmation from runty. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
It was a runty pig; no one had sacrificed good stock to do this. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad Ship]
The runty, asthmatic-sounding voice seemed to come out of nowhere. From Wordnik.com. [Hoot]
All the zucchini are in their own pots now, even the last runty one. From Wordnik.com. [March « 2008 « Were rabbits] Reference
Levitating behind the runty creature was the character addressed as Zin. From Wordnik.com. [The Search For WondLa] Reference
"Hey runty, Dubya sent me to find the head troubleshooter," the messenger said. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-03] Reference
The runty little nut, which resembles a sesame seed, does pack some stellar nutrients. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
Coren is a liability, the male version of Typhoid Mary, a runty little pig of a so-called man. From Wordnik.com. [Remember When Michael Coren Advocated That 'We Should Nuke Iran'?] Reference
A beautiful, enormous, tree-lined Plaza Grande that puts the runty plaza in San Miguel to shame. From Wordnik.com. [UPGRADE TO LAKESIDE 2.0] Reference
The runty white one (who I think has been overtaken in runtiness by one of the black tabby girls). From Wordnik.com. [Kitteh update] Reference
Nevertheless, at least fifty of the runty dwarves surged forward in a mass, infused with blood-lust. From Wordnik.com. [Emperor of Ansalon]
At night, he made his way by wrapping sackcloth over his silver skin and pretending to be a runty giant. From Wordnik.com. [Mercadian Masques]
They are overgrazing the available food supply in many areas, and we are getting runty deer as a result. From Wordnik.com. [An 18-Year Bear Hunt] Reference
I was on the runty side, so two tablespoons of anything was the equivalent of a nine-course Christmas dinner. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
I remember those kinds of guys from high school, the tall guy with the little runty girlfriend always holding hands. From Wordnik.com. [Today is the 200th birthday of our greatest President.] Reference
Again crossbow bolts bombarded them, but here the gully walls rose high and the runty dwarves could not find clear targets. From Wordnik.com. [Emperor of Ansalon]
Kamejiro snapped back, and Hoxworth turned in his saddle to study the runty little man with the long arms that hung out from his body. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii]
All three made me look runty, too, and I am a solid six feet two, two hundred ten pounds of potato-hard muscle and blue eyes to die for. From Wordnik.com. [Petty Pewter Gods]
He was runty and his hair was a kind of discouraged red. From Wordnik.com. [At Good Old Siwash] Reference
The runty little pipsqueak always trying to fight everybody?. From Wordnik.com. [Sports News : CBSSports.com] Reference
Kellan Lutz stumps for PETA, still has that mean, runty look about him. From Wordnik.com. [Evil Beet Gossip] Reference
The little, runty apples would try to hold a mass meeting at the bottom. From Wordnik.com. [The University of Hard Knocks] Reference
In the language of the country they meant runty, mean-figured, undersized. From Wordnik.com. [From Place to Place] Reference
Abr. 310. runty that fufiiceth for the plaintiff's iffue; and what was found. From Wordnik.com. [Reports of Sir George Croke, knight. Formerly one of the justices of the courts of Kings-bench, and common-pleas, of such select cases as were adjudged in the said courts [1582-1641]] Reference
"You won't always be runty, Grunty, if you eat a plenty," Mrs. Pig often told him. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Grunty Pig Slumber-Town Tales] Reference
Among these was a runty, pockmarked, weasel-eyed little chap who went by the name of. From Wordnik.com. [Our Pilots in the Air] Reference
For a runty little puppy that almost didn't make it, he's got a healthy set of lungs. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
I was a runty little working-class boy who failed his 11-plus and dropped out of school. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk] Reference
At some point in my life, I will settle down, and I will adopt the runty black cat of my dreams. From Wordnik.com. [NOGOODFORME.COM] Reference
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