undergrown

Related to undergrown: underground

un·der·grown

(ŭn′dər-grōn′)
adj.
1. Not fully grown, or unusually small: an undergrown man.
2. Covered with undergrowth: undergrown woods.
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undergrown

(ˈʌndəˌɡrəʊn; ˌʌndəˈɡrəʊn)
adj
1. not having the expected height
2. (Botany) having undergrowth
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un•der•grown

(ˈʌn dərˌgroʊn, ˌʌn dərˈgroʊn)

adj.
not grown to normal size or height.
[1350–1400]
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Translations

undergrown

a. poco desarrollado-a, pequeño-a
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They were a man and woman; or perhaps they would be better described as a male and female: for the former was one of those long-limbed, knock-kneed, shambling, bony people, to whom it is difficult to assign any precise age,--looking as they do, when they are yet boys, like undergrown men, and when they are almost men, like overgrown boys.
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Also, undergrown or stunted specimens of various species of crustaceans have been reported in this area (Conde and Diaz 1989b, 1992a, 1992b; Carmona, 1992; Carmona-Suarez and Conde, 1996).

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