puny

  • 21puny — pu•ny [[t]ˈpyu ni[/t]] adj. ni•er, ni•est 1) of less than normal size and strength; weak 2) unimportant; insignificant: a puny excuse[/ex] • Etymology: 1540–50; orig. sp. var. of puisne pu′ni•ness, n …

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  • 22Puny Wilson — College coach infobox Name = ImageWidth = Caption = Title = College = Sport = Conference = CurrentRecord = DateOfBirth = c. 1902 Birthplace = DateOfDeath = Deathplace = OverallRecord = 50–49–6 Contract = BowlRecord = TournamentRecord = CFbDWID =… …

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  • 23puny — adjective (punier; est) Etymology: Anglo French puisné younger, weakly, literally, born afterward, from puis afterward + né born Date: 1593 slight or inferior in power, size, or importance ; weak • punily adverb • puniness noun …

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  • 24puny — adjective Of inferior size, strength or significance …

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  • 25puny — Synonyms and related words: Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, attenuated, austere, breakable, brittle, cadaverous, cheap jack, cobwebby, corpselike, cramped, crumbly, dainty, decrepit, delicate, delicately weak, diminutive, dinky, dwarf,… …

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  • 26puny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. small, underdeveloped, undersized, tiny; stunted. See littleness.Ant., substantial. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. feeble, inferior, diminutive; see weak 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. tiny,… …

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  • 27puny — pu·ny || pjuːnɪ adj. weak, feeble; small, little; trivial, petty …

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  • 28puny — [ pju:ni] adjective (punier, puniest) 1》 small and weak. 2》 small in amount or size; meagre. Derivatives punily adverb puniness noun Origin C16 (asnoun denoting a younger or more junior person): phonetic spelling of …

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  • 29puny — a. 1. Weak, feeble, inferior. 2. Little, small, petty, insignificant, diminutive, undeveloped, undersized, tiny, dwarf, dwarfish, pygmy, pygmean, stunted, Liliputian …

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  • 30puny — adj 1. weak, feeble, delicate, fragile, tender, frail, sickly, poor, thin, runty, undersized, underdeveloped, stunted; starved, underfed, emaciated, undernourished; small, little, pint sized, bantam, half pint, dwarfish, pygmy, Lilliputian,… …

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