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stubbed (root: stub)
CIDE DICTIONARY
stubbed, a.
- Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse. [1913 Webster]
- Abounding in stubs; stubby. [1913 Webster]"A bit of stubbed ground, once a wood." [1913 Webster]
- Not nice or delicate; hardy; rugged. Berkley. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
stubbed
Shortness
N shortness, brevity, littleness, a span, shortening, abbreviation, abbreviature, abridgment, concision, retrenchment, curtailment, decurtation, reduction, epitome, elision, ellipsis, conciseness, abridger, epitomist, epitomizer, short, brief, curt, compendious, compact, stubby, scrimp, shorn, stubbed, stumpy, thickset, pug, chunky, decurtate, retrousse, stocky, squab, squabby, squat, dumpy, little, curtailed of its fair proportions, short by, oblate, concise, summary, shortly, in short.
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