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puny

/ˈpjuːni/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈpjuːni/
puny
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Long vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

pu - ny -> puny

Myanmar meaning

(adj) သေးငယ်သော။နုန့်နဲသော။

Full entry

puny /'pju:ni/ adj (-ier, -iest ) (usu derog )

(က) လှီသော။ ညှက်သော။ သေးကွေးသော။ puny limbs/ muscles ❍ The newborn lamb was a puny little creature.
(ခ) နုန့်နဲ့သော။ သေးနုပ်သော။ မဆိုစလောက် ရှိသော။ They laughed at my puny efforts at rock-climbing. ❍ We're only getting a puny 1% pay rise this year.

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  • Their puny efforts to stop the flooding
Synonyms
weak, frail, scrawny, undersized, stunted, diminutive, feeble, fragile, half-pint, inadequate, inconsequential, inferior, infirm, insignificant, little, meager, measly, minor, niggling, nothing, paltry, peanut, peewee, petty, picayune, piddling, pint-sized, runt, shrimp, small, small time, small-fry, tiny, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unconsequential, underdeveloped, underfed, undeveloped, unsound, unsubstantial, useless, weakly, wee, worthless, zero, zilch
Antonyms
big, considerable, giant, huge, important, large, robust, significant, strong
Cross references
weakfrailscrawnyundersizedstunteddiminutivefeeblefragilehalf-pintinadequateinconsequentialinferiorinfirminsignificantlittlemeagermeaslyminornigglingnothingpaltrypeanutpeeweepettypicayunepiddlingpint-sizedrunt
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