as in small
of a size that is less than average a puny, wrinkled apple

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Recent Examples on the Web Over longer time frames, the world can evolve in ways that are more radically different from what our puny brains can imagine. Neil Irwin, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024 For that reason, since the end of World War II, American car companies have never been particularly good at, or interested in, making puny compacts. Patrick George, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024 On the air, Nevada and its six electoral college votes is the puny pal for the other six main swing states. Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024 But that will require a lot of patience: Around such a puny giant, one orbit could take hundreds of years. Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 10 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for puny 

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“Puny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puny. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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