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puny
What does puny mean?
puny (adjective): of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use puny in a sentence?
- Within two short years, he went from being a puny child to a tall young man. (Tatoeba sentence #4471288 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce puny?
/ˈpjuni/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
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What does “puny” mean?
without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving
Not quite: that's what restless means.
adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted
Not quite: that's what orthodox means.
of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak
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of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes
Not quite: that's what hereditary means.
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