diminutive

In the picture, Mahmoud sits on the floor flanked by the soldiers, looking diminutive, younger than his 22 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

This was very much Diego Maradona's tournament, even if for most of the final Lothar Matthaus attempted to stick to the diminutive Argentine like a sweat-drenched polyester jersey in the Azteca heat.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Despite the movie’s theoretical scope, its execution is painfully and frustratingly diminutive.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

Then, among the ashen-faced men, a diminutive figure rose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

I liked my teacher, a diminutive white lady named Mrs. Burroughs, who seemed ancient to me but was probably in her fifties.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Miden is a fictional island where “there are no longer any diminutives or pet names,” Raimo writes.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2019

There is no mother’s care for the hatchlings, which will emerge as dark-toned diminutives in about 50 days, facing astronomical odds against survival.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2018

I am currently houndless, but my devotion to the diminutives has not diminished.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2018

But again, Harry is part of a more general trend of parents formally registering their offspring with names that used to be regarded as diminutives.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2013

After her defiance of the overseer, they called her Harriet, because the pet names, the diminutives, were no longer fitting for a girl who had displayed such courage.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry