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puny
  1. Of inferior size, strength or significance; small, weak, ineffective.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. diminutive, little, small, slight, pygmy, pocket, tiny, Lilliputian, undersized, dwarfish, bantam, wee, dinky, shrimpy, smallish, undersize, toylike, fine, subnormal, stunted, peewee, underdeveloped, scrawny, delicate, shrimp, undeveloped, weedy, minor, undernourished, meagre, meager, peanut, niggling, nothing, picayune, runt, unsubstantial, pint-sized, pocket-size, pocket-sized, pint-size, half-pint, fun size, small-fry, two-bit, very little, petite, miniature, mini, minute … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The ego is dwarfed and made to feel small and puny, but the soul leaps out of its human encasement and ecstatically unites with the greater world.”
      “A powerfully-built young man, handcuffed, will feel how puny and weak he is when faced with law and the power of authority.”
      “One need only compare the puny resources at the disposal of NEH when the late Barnaby Keeney was chairman with the resources NEH can marshall today.”
punier
  1. comparative form of puny: more puny
  2. Synonyms:
      3. less, smaller, slighter, tinier, weer, dinkier, shrimpier, finer, scrawnier, weedier, meagrer, meagerer, more diminutive, more pygmy, more Lilliputian, more undersized, more dwarfish, more bantam, more smallish, more undersize, more toylike, more subnormal, more stunted, more underdeveloped, more delicate, more undeveloped, more minor, more undernourished, more picayune, more unsubstantial, more pint-sized, more petite, more miniature, minuter, more teeny, more minuscule, more microscopic, bittier, teensier, bitsier, more infinitesimal, itsy-bitsier, teeny-weenier, weenier, skinnier, shorter, itty-bittier, more minikin, slenderer, thinner … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Prolonged boozing can actually eat away at a man's body, leaving his wedding tackle withered, his muscles punier and his bones weaker.”
      “And in São Paulo, Corinthians' Big Black and White Machine overpowered Neymar's punier Santos.”
      “Objects more massive than a certain amount are more spherical than not, while punier specimens are lumpy and irregular.”
puniest
  1. superlative form of puny: most puny
  2. Synonyms:
      3. least, smallest, slightest, tiniest, weest, dinkiest, shrimpiest, finest, scrawniest, weediest, meagrest, meagerest, most diminutive, most pygmy, most Lilliputian, most undersized, most dwarfish, most bantam, most smallish, most undersize, most toylike, most subnormal, most stunted, most underdeveloped, most delicate, most undeveloped, most minor, most undernourished, most picayune, most unsubstantial, most pint-sized, most pint-size, most petite, most miniature, minutest, most teeny, most minuscule, most microscopic, bittiest, teensiest, bitsiest, most infinitesimal, itsy-bitsiest, teeny-weeniest, weeniest, skinniest, shortest, itty-bittiest, most minikin, slenderest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Indeed, in some ways it may have gone too far, allowing even the puniest minority shareholder to cause trouble.”
      “The love element in Tamara Harvey's production is the puniest part.”
      “The Hollywood Reporter has now confirmed the self-congratulatory project, starring Tim Roth as controversial outgoing president Sepp Blatter, scored the puniest total of all time in North America.”
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