adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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puny profits
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a puny kid
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His wife was such a big strong woman, she made him look puny .
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Pete was a puny little boy with short hair and glasses.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And they had to take four semesters of hygiene, or gym-perhaps to counter their waxy pallor and puny stature.
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Can you still get your divorce on such puny , immediately regretted unfaithfulness?
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Oh, how puny my contemporaries seem by comparison!
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Persuasive in its action moments but puny in terms of character and dialogue.
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So, Cyclops, you were not quite strong enough to eat all of the puny men?
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The relatively puny father-of-three could have been forgiven for having second thoughts when he was picked.
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Volker's puny body shook with anger.