puny

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pu·ny / ˈpyoōnē/ • adj. (-ni·er, -ni·est) small and weak: skeletal, white-faced, puny children. ∎  poor in quality, amount, or size: the army was reduced to a puny 100,000 men.DERIVATIVES: pu·ni·ly / ˈpyoōnl-ē/ adv.pu·ni·ness n.