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synonyms for puny
- feeble
- frail
- inconsequential
- measly
- paltry
- tiny
- trivial
- diminutive
- fragile
- half-pint
- inferior
- infirm
- little
- minor
- niggling
- nothing
- peanut
- peewee
- petty
- picayune
- piddling
- pint-sized
- runt
- shrimp
- small-fry
- small time
- stunted
- trifling
- two-bit
- unconsequential
- underfed
- undersized
- undeveloped
- unsound
- unsubstantial
- weak
- weakly
- wee
- worthless
- zero
- zilch
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How to use puny in a sentence
He makes his fellow NBA players, some of the biggest and strongest men in the world, look puny.
Without protection, puny electronic components in a robot don’t have a chance.
This Soft Robot Stingray Just Explored the Deepest Point in the Ocean | Shelly Fan | March 9, 2021 | Singularity HubIt’s not because these puny males risk their lives for love.
This is why the visual-language data sets that exist are so puny.
This could lead to the next big breakthrough in common sense AI | Karen Hao | November 6, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewPrior to that data protection rules existed in the region but could be easily ignored, given puny penalties.
UK watchdog reduces Marriott data breach fine to $23.8M, down from $123M | Natasha Lomas | October 30, 2020 | TechCrunchIn the end, Shumlin led by a puny 2,434 votes, less than the 50 percent margin needed for victory under Vermont law.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThe dark blue showing its liberal corollary is comparatively puny.
October Surprise: Shadowy Conservative Groups Dominate Outside Spending | John Avlon | October 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut his standing in opinion polls is puny, and he has been targeted by Sarah Palin.
Mighty NATO rains down bombs and bullets on Gaddafi's puny forces, but can't score a knockout.
Mrs. Jordan, a British matron of solid proportions, passed down the path on the arm of a comparatively puny cavalier.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdJoey was puny and hairless as ever, but in Rose's face as she looked at him there was a flush of maternal tenderness and gravity.
The Creators | May SinclairIt can set him up with a semblance of bodily strength, when otherwise he would be puny and fragile.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanNo longer did his heavy battle axe seem to weigh on his puny arm.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueRick turned in time to see the side of El Viejo blow off in an explosion that made ten kilotons of fission seem puny indeed.
The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland Goodwin
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