puny

[US]/ˈpjuːni/
[UK]/ˈpjuːni/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. small and weak; insignificant; of inferior size
Word Forms
Superlativepuniest
Comparativepunier

Example Sentences

a puny physique; puny excuses.

the lamb was a puny little thing.

skeletal, white-faced, puny children.

the army was reduced to a puny 100,000 men.

Have grandiose aims but puny abilities,great ambition but little talent.

We did not meet again for ten years,by then,the rather puny boy had grown into a six-foot man,weighing 200 pounds.

Many people don't understand a truth.When the people could applaud the different ideas , he would not has a chickenshit mien but a wonderful mien ,not has a puny power but a strong power.

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