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A puny physique. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I also love "puny" - as in "I drank too much last night and I'm feeling kinda puny this morning.". From Wordnik.com. [World Hum] Reference
He vaguely recalled a puny little man with anxious eyes, whose clothes seemed too big for his scrawny body. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Burglar's Wife]
Seen at a distance like this, it looked kind of puny and tacky. From Wordnik.com. [Child Of The Hunt]
ROESGEN: Makes you feel kind of puny next to Mother Nature, huh?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 11, 2008] Reference
Odds are you won't find one willing to be shot with a 'puny' 9mm. From Wordnik.com. [Live-blogging night 2 of the Republican Convention.] Reference
 I know the companies don't care about me, but I always have one gigantic week and one kind of puny week. From Wordnik.com. [What I bought – 20 February 2008 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
I'll be following up your post with a puny post of my own--sorry for the "puny" nature, but I'll get back to posting full time again soon. From Wordnik.com. [SF Good Eats #3.5 - Meeting the Passionate Eater of SF] Reference
Liberhan a 'puny' judge, report 'a tragedy of errors '. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to India economy to grow 8 pct in FY '11, adviser says-report] Reference
A newspaper called him "puny," a rival "as tough as whip - cord.". From Wordnik.com. [Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution] Reference
The financial crisis explained: Government resources 'puny' compared to market bubble. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
There is nothing to justify the application of the word "puny" to him, except that he was of small stature. From Wordnik.com. [Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply] Reference
Many thought that he had altogether cut his own throat, and that he would have to take the first "puny" judgeship vacant. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Anna] Reference
Even 1TB is kind of puny for uncompressed.digitalFAQ. com -- Help with VHS to DVD, DVD recorders, other video/photo issues. From Wordnik.com. [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference
Meanwhile, administration Senator Joker Arroyo (no relation to the president) described the benefits as "puny" and "too little, too late". From Wordnik.com. [Asia Times Online] Reference
"puny" and could not be justified in either fiscal or health terms. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"puny", delicate child and her mother died when she was about seven years old. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3] Reference
The domestic private sector is puny by comparison. From Wordnik.com. [Corporate Destruction] Reference
Annual rainfall is light and the local rivers are puny. From Wordnik.com. [A Summer Book Bag] Reference
Rose worried that RFK might turn out "puny and girlish.". From Wordnik.com. [The 'Runt' Of The Family] Reference
As legacies go, balancing the budget might look puny by comparison. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Mr. Clintons] Reference
But if the gains are puny, then the costs are punitive and perverse. From Wordnik.com. [The Regulatory Juggernaut] Reference
Many babies were too puny, sickly and "unstimulated" (un-loved) to survive. From Wordnik.com. [Thanks For Our Memories] Reference
When he finally gets Lecter in his grasp, the payoff is puny and perfunctory. From Wordnik.com. [Knock, Knock. Who's There?] Reference
No one knows how vast or puny the enemy is or how exactly we should fight him. From Wordnik.com. [Freedom Vs. Security] Reference
I gleefully tease my buddy Andrea about her puny mini, which can hold only 1,000 songs. From Wordnik.com. [I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT MY DARLING IPOD] Reference
Stock prices were bid up to phenomenal levels even when companies had puny (or no) profits. From Wordnik.com. [Is There Life In The Bubble?] Reference
He may also expect that Western military action will be only a puny cruise-missile barrage. From Wordnik.com. [It's Bad For Business] Reference
Everything in the bleak, wind-swept west Texas town looks puny next to the gleaming stadium. From Wordnik.com. [THE GLARE OF THE LIGHTS] Reference
But Schwarzenegger himself may look puny on policy by the time the media are through with him. From Wordnik.com. [Only in California] Reference
Men, by contrast, have only one active X chromosome (plus a few genes on the puny Y chromosome). From Wordnik.com. [THE TRUTH ABOUT GENDER] Reference
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