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单词 subnormal
释义

subnormal

adjective

sub·​nor·​mal ˌsəb-ˈnȯr-məl How to pronounce subnormal (audio)
1
: lower or smaller than normal
2
: having less of something and especially of intelligence than is normal
subnormality
ˌsəb-nȯr-ˈma-lə-tē How to pronounce subnormal (audio)
noun
subnormally
ˌsəb-ˈnȯr-mə-lē How to pronounce subnormal (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • bantam
  • diminutive
  • dinky
  • dwarfish
  • fine
  • half-pint
  • Lilliputian
  • little
  • pint-size
  • pint-sized
  • pocket
  • pocket-size
  • pocket-sized
  • puny
  • pygmy
  • shrimpy
  • slight
  • small
  • smallish
  • toylike
  • undersized
  • undersize
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Example Sentences

subnormal levels of vitamin C people who are subnormal in insulin production
Recent Examples on the Web Quite simply, normal human consciousness is optimized for normal human functioning, but is subnormal for achieving goals beyond the ordinary. Brett Steenbarger, Forbes, 30 May 2021 Flow off the 50-degree waters of Lake Michigan will bring our first subnormal temperatures in 10 days. Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2018 Snow flurries could last into Monday, the cold staying through Tuesday with a temperature rebound of sorts into the still subnormal 50s by the middle of next week. Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 15 Apr. 2018 An amplified jet stream pattern that has brought subnormal temperatures to eastern portions of North America and unseasonable warmth to the West is forecast to continue much of the workweek. Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2017 Sunday marked our fifth straight day of subnormal readings. Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2017 Resulting northwest wind flow will bring to the area temperatures more typical of mid-May, making this the only weekend this month with subnormal readings. Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017 Everybody knew that comics were for children and for intellectually subnormal people, whereas graphic novel sounds like a much more sophisticated proposition. Adam Rogers, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2009 Another day of subnormal temperatures is slated for Monday before winds shift to a west-to-east orientation. Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

subnormal

adjective

sub·​nor·​mal ˌsəb-ˈnȯr-məl How to pronounce subnormal (audio)
1
: lower or smaller than normal
a subnormal temperature
2
: having less of something and especially of intelligence than is normal

subnormal

adjective

as in diminutive
of a size that is less than average because of the summer drought, harvests have definitely been subnormal this year

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • diminutive
  • small
  • little
  • fine
  • pocket
  • dwarfish
  • tiny
  • puny
  • sparse
  • slight
  • undersized
  • miniature
  • miniaturized
  • poor
  • stunted
  • dwarf
  • smallish
  • pygmy
  • dinky
  • bantam
  • toylike
  • slender
  • undersize
  • lacking
  • shrimpy
  • insufficient
  • inadequate
  • microscopic
  • pint-sized
  • mini
  • spare
  • minuscule
  • half-pint
  • pocket-sized
  • pocket-size
  • pint-size
  • deficient
  • Lilliputian
  • infinitesimal
  • inappreciable
  • toy
  • minim
  • meager
  • runty
  • micro
  • scarce
  • scanty
  • microscopical
  • slim
  • wee
  • weeny
  • bitty
  • scrubby
  • skimpy
  • little bitty
  • teeny
  • minikin
  • scant
  • teensy
  • runtish
  • meagre
  • niggardly
  • pinpoint
  • minute
  • stingy
  • capsule
  • teeny-weeny
  • teensy-weensy
  • weensy
  • wanting
  • skimp
  • bite-sized
  • bite-size

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • large
  • considerable
  • substantial
  • outsized
  • oversized
  • great
  • outsize
  • sizeable
  • gross
  • sizable
  • prodigious
  • handsome
  • oversize
  • goodly
  • massive
  • big
  • voluminous
  • heroic
  • enormous
  • largish
  • tremendous
  • healthy
  • vast
  • stupendous
  • mountainous
  • grand
  • monstrous
  • appreciable
  • tidy
  • gigantic
  • bulky
  • colossal
  • husky
  • liberal
  • heroical
  • immense
  • cavernous
  • whopping
  • gargantuan
  • huge
  • monolithic
  • cyclopean
  • staggering
  • elephantine
  • galactic
  • titanic
  • abundant
  • hefty
  • giant
  • copious
  • ample
  • mammoth
  • herculean
  • monumental
  • fat
  • bountiful
  • humongous
  • boxcar
  • generous
  • pharaonic
  • overscaled
  • broad
  • biggish
  • adequate
  • wide
  • plentiful
  • jumbo
  • plenteous
  • whacking
  • thick
  • infinite
  • overscale
  • cosmic
  • humungous
  • sufficient
  • hulking
  • cosmical
  • incalculable
  • Bunyanesque
  • leviathan
  • immeasurable
  • king-size
  • king-sized
  • Brobdingnagian
  • enough
  • boundless
  • Himalayan
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