runt
Example Sentences
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At 300 pounds, Wattenberg almost looks like the runt of the litter.
From Seattle Times
"I still can barely believe that he was the runt of the litter," Glenday added.
From Fox News
It was a runt of a space station then.
From New York Times
“I don’t know whether the mother cat forgot her or decided that she couldn’t take care of them all. Maybe the kitten was a runt.”
From The Guardian
It was a West Coast mule deer he found still wet with amniotic fluid in a stand of grass, a runt with little chance of surviving.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
