Dwarfish
Subnormal
Subnormal adjective - Of a size that is less than average.
Usage example: because of the summer drought, harvests have definitely been subnormal this year
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- low and dwarfish
- low and subnormal
- undeveloped and dwarfish
- undeveloped and subnormal
- poor and dwarfish
- poor and subnormal
- slight and dwarfish
- slight and subnormal
- diminutive and dwarfish
- diminutive and subnormal
- scanty and dwarfish
- scanty and subnormal
- niggardly and dwarfish
- niggardly and subnormal
Both words in one sentence
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Their "males", by comparison, were almost dwarfish, subnormal in intelligence, and notably irrationally violent; their constant fighting among themselves (to the death, naturally) was seen as a form of "natural selection" by the ruling females.
Source: Lady Land
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