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1. (adj.) puny
of less than normal size and strength; weak.
2. puny
unimportant; insignificant:
a puny excuse.
Etymology: (1540–50; orig. sp. var. of puisne)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) puny
inferior in strength or significance
"a puny physique"; "puny excuses"
2. (adj) puny, runty, shrimpy
(used especially of persons) of inferior size
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1. (noun) puny
a youth; a novice
2. puny
imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty
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Sense: small and weak
a puny child.
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 Afrikaans: piep klein |
 Arabic: ضَعيف البُنْيَه، هَزيل |
 Bulgarian: слаб |
 Brazilian: débil |
 Czech: drobný, neduživý |
 German: schwächlich |
 Danish: lille; svag |
 Greek: μικροσκοπικός, αδύναμος |
 Spanish: débil, flojo |
 Estonian: väeti |
 Farsi: ریز و نحیف |
 Finnish: heiveröinen |
 French: chétif |
 Hebrew: קָטַן וְחַלָש |
 Hindi: अदना |
 Hungarian: apró |
 Indonesian: kecil dan lemah |
 Icelandic: veiklulegur |
 Italian: gracile, debole |
 Japanese: 虚弱な |
 Korean: 왜소한, 연약한 |
 Lithuanian: gležnas, menkutis, silpna |
 Latvian: sīks; vārgulīgs |
 Malay: kecil dan lemah |
 Dutch: nietig |
 Norwegian: skrøpelig, pyset, svakeli |
 Polish: słabowity |
 Persian: ریز و نحیف |
 Pashto: وړوكى او كم زوره |
 Portuguese: débil |
 Romanian: firav |
 Russian: тщедушный |
 Slovak: neduživý |
 Slovenian: šibek |
 Serbian: slabašan |
 Swedish: ynklig, liten, klen |
 Thai: เล็กและอ่อนแอ |
 Turkish: çelimsiz, mecalsiz |
 Taiwanese: 弱小的 |
 Ukrainian: кволий, слабосилий |
 Urdu: لاغر، کمزور |
 Vietnamese: yếu đuối |
 Chinese: 弱小的 |
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