Usually means: Small and weak; lacking strength.
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  1. puny: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. puny: Merriam-Webster
  3. puny: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. puny: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. puny: Collins English Dictionary
  6. puny: Vocabulary.com
  7. Puny, puny: Wordnik
  8. puny: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. puny: Wiktionary
  10. puny: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. puny: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. puny: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Puny, puny: Dictionary.com
  14. puny: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. puny: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Puny: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. puny: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. puny: Rhymezone
  19. Puny: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. puny: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. puny: FreeDictionary.org
  22. puny: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. puny: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. puny: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PUNY: Acronym Finder
  2. puny: Idioms

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  1. Puny: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See punier as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak.
adjective:  (chiefly Southern US, south Midland US) (Frequently) ill; poorly, sickly.
adjective:  (obsolete) Alternative spelling of puisne
adjective:  Inferior in rank; specifically, of a judge: junior.
adjective:  Coming later in time; secondary, subsequent.
adjective:  Not experienced; novice.
noun:  (archaic) An inferior person; a subordinate; also, an insignificant person.
noun:  (obsolete)
noun:  A younger person; a junior.
noun:  Alternative spelling of puisne
noun:  A person who is not experienced; a beginner, a novice.
noun:  (law) A puisne or junior judge.
noun:  (university slang, law) A new student at a school, university, the Inns of Court, etc.; a junior.

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