Meaning & use
dumpy
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Short and stout in stature; also used to describe something shabby or unattractive.
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The dumpy little cottage sat at the end of a narrow lane.
He felt self-conscious about his dumpy build next to the taller players.
A note on using this word
Dumpy can describe both a person's build and the shabby, unremarkable look of a place, and carries a slightly unflattering tone in either sense.
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