puny
adjective
[ ˈpjuːni ]
• small and weak.
• "white-faced, puny children"
Similar:
undersized,
underdeveloped,
undernourished,
underfed,
stunted,
slight,
small,
little,
diminutive,
dwarfish,
pygmy,
weak,
feeble,
weakly,
sickly,
delicate,
frail,
fragile,
weedy,
pint-sized,
pitiful,
pitiable,
inadequate,
negligible,
insufficient,
scant,
scanty,
derisory,
miserable,
sorry,
wretched,
meagre,
paltry,
trifling,
trivial,
insignificant,
inconsequential,
petty,
pathetic,
measly,
piddling,
piffling,
mingy,
dinky,
poxy,
exiguous,
Origin:
mid 16th century (as a noun denoting a younger or more junior person): phonetic spelling of puisne.
