Dictionary entry

Puny

Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːni/

Pronunciation

/ˈpjuːni/

Myanmar Meaning

(adj) သေးငယ်သော။နုန့်နဲသော။

Definition

puny /'pju:ni/ adj ( -ier, -iest ) ( usu derog ) (က) လီွေသာ။ ညႇက္ေသာ။ ေသးေကြးေသာ။ puny limbs/ muscles ❍ The newborn lamb was a puny little creature. (ခ) ႏုန္႔နဲ႔ေသာ။ ေသးႏုပ္ေသာ။ မဆိုစေလာက္ ရိွေသာ။ They laughed at my puny efforts at rock-climbing. ❍ We're only getting a puny 1% pay rise this year.

Examples

  1. Their puny efforts to stop the flooding