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[ pyoo-nee ] / ˈpyu ni / SEE SYNONYMS FOR puny ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, pu·ni·er, pu·ni·est.of less than normal size and strength; weak. unimportant; insignificant; petty or minor: a puny excuse. Obsolete. puisne. Origin of punyFirst recorded in 1540–50; spelling variant of puisne OTHER WORDS FROM punypu·ni·ly, adverbpu·ni·ness, nounWords nearby punypuntilla, puntillero, Punto Fijo, punty, Punxsutawney, puny, PUO, pup, pupa, puparium, pupate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for punyIn the end, Shumlin led by a puny 2,434 votes, less than the 50 percent margin needed for victory under Vermont law. What the Hell Happened in Vermont?!|Stuart Stevens|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Complete and utter accident of fate, the puny matter of his voter enrollment. Republicans Are Racists? No, It’s Just All a Big Coincidence|Michael Tomasky|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST But his standing in opinion polls is puny, and he has been targeted by Sarah Palin. Why Obama's Still Untouchable in 2012|Jack W. Germond|June 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST Mighty NATO rains down bombs and bullets on Gaddafi's puny forces, but can't score a knockout. How Libya Saps America's Power|Leslie H. Gelb|April 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST
If you had been a puny, wiry, yellow baby, I wouldn't have stood godmother to you. Men who had heard the crash of Spottsylvania and Cold Harbor laughed at the puny crackle of two hundred muskets. Tonio, Son of the Sierras|Charles King All these words are merely our puny euphemisms for X, the unknown quantity. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2|Various I regarded it as a puny effort on his part, and was relieved to find they did not intend to visit her themselves. Seek and Find|Oliver Optic How can one confront such a disaster with one's puny efforts? The Pursuit|Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile
British Dictionary definitions for puny
adjective -nier or -niesthaving a small physique or weakly constitution paltry; insignificant Derived forms of punypunily, adverbpuniness, nounWord Origin for punyC16: from Old French puisne puisne Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to punypaltry, measly, inconsequential, tiny, frail, trivial, feeble, diminutive, fragile, inferior, infirm, little, minor, niggling, nothing, peanut, petty, picayune, piddling, runt |