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The smallest animal of a litter. / (by extension) The smallest child in the family. / Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person. / (slang) An uninfluential or unimportant person; a nobody.

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runt

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Source Word

runt

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɹʌnt/

Noun

broadly slang UK dialectal obsolete

The smallest animal of a litter. / (by extension) The smallest child in the family. / Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person. / (slang) An uninfluential or unimportant person; a nobody.

Japanese Meaning

一胎の動物の中で最も小さい個体 / 家族の中で最も小さい子供 / 通常の大きさに達しておらず、成長が不十分な植物、動物、人 / （俗語）影響力がなく、重要視されない人物

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その子犬の中で一番小さい子は兄弟たちに追いつけず、保護団体が引き取って特別なケアを施した。

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The smallest animal of a litter.

Sometimes, as we have seen, one member of a litter is a runt, much smaller than the rest. He is unable to fight for food as strongly as the rest, and runts often die. We have considered the conditions under which it would actually pay a mother to let a runt die.

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