Meaning & use
Dwarfed
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Made something seem small or insignificant by comparison, or stunted its growth.
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The skyscraper dwarfed every other building on the street.
Their small startup was dwarfed by the industry's massive corporations.
A note on using this word
Dwarfed can describe both literal stunted growth, as in a bonsai tree, and figurative smallness by comparison, as with a budget or achievement.
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magnified
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