puny

[Pu·ny]

Are your muscles looking small, weak, and totally inferior? In other words, puny? Sounds like somebody needs to eat more spinach.

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Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.

Adjective S.
(used especially of persons) of inferior size

Adjective S.
inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"


superl.
Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.

n.
A youth; a novice.


Puny

Pu"ny , a. [Compar. Punier ; superl. Puniest.] [F. pu'8ct'82 younger, later born, OF. puisn'82; puis afterwards (L. post; see Post-) + n'82 born, L. natus. See Natal, and cf. Puisne.] Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.
A puny subject strikes at thy great glory.
Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed.

Puny

Pu"ny , n. A youth; a novice. [R.] Fuller.

Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.

A youth; a novice.

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Usage Examples

My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great.

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