Justin Lee

I was the runt of my class. So I got away with the whole 'Oh, he's so cute' thing. I was in upper division math courses, so I would have junior and senior girls in my class, and they'd just sit behind me and play with my hair. I didn't mind that so much.

American Actor

Russell Tovey

When I was younger, I had terrible skin... my mother has terrible skin. Male-pattern hair loss is starting to come in... my dad is bald. It's so unfair; my brother's tall, has perfect skin, great hair, but I'm like the runt.

English Actor

Xavier Woods

Clearly, I wanted to be a pro wrestler, but I got laughed at. I was kind of the runt. I was never the tallest kid or the biggest kid or the strongest kid, so I would get laughed at when I'd say it.

American Wrestler

Jeremy Kyle

I sort of felt like the runt of the litter. My brother was just great. If you gave him a cricket bat he'd score 100. If he walked into a party he'd pull the best-looking girl. He was my hero.

English Journalist

Will Poulter

My dad's a professor of medicine; my mum was a nurse. My little sister is going into healthcare. My older sister is a nurse; my brother's in finance - I'm the runt of the litter.

Chris Gethard

I've exceeded the expectations people had for me as an unconfident runt who grew up in North Jersey as well as the expectations I had for myself.

Rose Byrne

I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.

Australian Actress

Don Johnson

I was a little, skinny, runt kid, and I decided that bowling was what I was going to do in life.

Nick Moran

As my mum still candidly says, I was the runt of the litter.

Israel Adesanya

Nigerian Athlete

Use 'runt' for the smallest, weakest young animal in a group, often struggling for survival.

Animal Context

'Runt' implies a struggle due to being undersized and typically underdeveloped, not just small.

Not Just Size

In storytelling, the runt can evoke sympathy or be the underdog who overcomes adversity.

Sentimental Use

'Runt' used for people is informal and may sound harsh or endearing depending on the context.

Colloquial Tone

When calling a person a runt, it often highlights their smaller stature and perceived weakness.

Size and Strength

A person described as a runt can be seen overcoming their limitations, much like in animal narratives.

Metaphorical Overcoming

 Here I was fumbling around in the ladies' underwear department of a department store, almost got escorted from the premises. I live opposite a farm. And this was the runt of the litter, a piglet that died. And what's really interesting is, if you look at the legs, you'll notice that the bones haven't fused. And should that pig have grown,

Nick Veasey: Exposing...

 bloom into life but only one had the distance and the chemistry right not mercury the runt of us not much larger than our Moon where our Sun seems three times as big and shines 11 times as bright or hope of life died long ago when thrown off course this moonless rock got trapped into an orbit far too

A Moment in the Sun by...

 that fourth cub that's physically with them there's not part of the same litter by the fourth cub I mean that little guy what could be a little girl I haven't been able see that's just sort of on it's ace I would assume that that's the runt and it's very curious that that one

Safari Live - Day 59 PIPE...

 in a bid for survival to stronger chicks mall a weaker sibling with the runt out of the way there will be more food for the other two down below the alligators watch this grizzly patch and eagerly the

Snowy Egret Sacrifice PIPE...

 in a bid for survival to stronger chicks mall a weaker sibling with the runt out of the way there will be more food for the other two down below the alligators watch this grizzly patch and eagerly

Snowy Egret's Nest PIPE...

 worryingly one clearly isn't thriving having a runt in the litter is common if they are born smaller they struggle to compete with their bigger and stronger

Stoat Mother Hunts to...

 a few days later and the mother rests in the warm afternoon Sun already there is no sign of the smaller runt he may well have been killed by his siblings

Hunting with a T-Rex PIPE...

 in a bid for survival - stronger chicks mall or weaker sibling with the runt out of the way there will be more food for the other two

 bid for survival to stronger chicks mall a weaker sibling with the runt out of the way there will be more food for the other two

Snowy Egret Tug-of-War PIPE...

 in a bid for survival to stronger chicks mall a weaker sibling with the runt out of the way there will be more food for