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puniness

/pyoo-nee/US // ˈpyu ni //UK // (ˈpjuːnɪ) //

惩罚性,惩罚,惩罚性的,惩罚性问题

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    pu·ni·er, pu·ni·est.

    • : of less than normal size and strength; weak.
    • : unimportant; insignificant; petty or minor: a puny excuse.
    • : Obsolete. puisne.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouninfirmity
Synonyms
affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼ailment疾病,病症,病痛,毛病confinement囚禁,拘禁,监禁,拘束debilitation衰弱,衰竭,减弱,虚弱debility体弱多病,体弱,衰弱,体弱症decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减decrepitude颓废,衰弱,腐朽性,衰退defect缺陷,瑕疵,叛逃,叛逃事件deficiency不足之处,缺陷,缺点,不足delicacy美味佳肴,美味,珍馐,美味的东西disease疾病,病症,病,患病disorder紊乱,无序,无秩序,无序的failing失败,失败的,失效,失误fault错,故障,错误,缺点feebleness软弱无力,软弱,软弱性,软弱无能flimsiness薄情寡义,薄弱,薄板,单薄flu感冒,感流感,流感,流流fragility脆弱性,脆弱,脆弱程度,脆弱度frailness体弱,体弱多病,虚弱,脆弱frailty体弱,虚弱,体弱多病,体质imperfection不完善的地方,不完善,不完善之处,不完美indisposition病症,病况,病痛,病情insubstantiality非实体性,不实在的,不实在,不真实malady弊病,弊端,恶疾malaise发热,发热症,发烧,发热病shortcoming缺点,缺陷,短处,短缺unhealthiness不健康,不健康状况,不健康状态,不健康的unsoundness不健全,不健全性,不健康,不健全的unwellness不健康,不舒服,不健康状况,不健康状态vulnerability脆弱性,漏洞,脆弱,脆弱程度weakness弱点,虚弱,弱势,虚弱性ailing患病的,患病,生病的,生病delicateness精致度,精致性,美味度,娇嫩度diseasedness病态,患病率,患病情况,疾病fragileness脆弱,脆弱程度,脆弱性,脆弱度ill health健康状况不佳,健康不佳,健康不良,身体不适sickliness病态,病态性,病态程度,患病率unhealth不健康,不健康状况,不健康的,非健康unsubstantiality不真实,不符合事实,不实在的,不实在weakliness弱点,软弱性,弱势,虚弱

Examples

  • He makes his fellow NBA players, some of the biggest and strongest men in the world, look puny.

  • Without protection, puny electronic components in a robot don’t have a chance.

  • It’s not because these puny males risk their lives for love.

  • This is why the visual-language data sets that exist are so puny.

  • Prior to that data protection rules existed in the region but could be easily ignored, given puny penalties.

  • In the end, Shumlin led by a puny 2,434 votes, less than the 50 percent margin needed for victory under Vermont law.

  • Complete and utter accident of fate, the puny matter of his voter enrollment.

  • The dark blue showing its liberal corollary is comparatively puny.

  • But his standing in opinion polls is puny, and he has been targeted by Sarah Palin.

  • Mighty NATO rains down bombs and bullets on Gaddafi's puny forces, but can't score a knockout.

  • Mrs. Jordan, a British matron of solid proportions, passed down the path on the arm of a comparatively puny cavalier.

  • Joey was puny and hairless as ever, but in Rose's face as she looked at him there was a flush of maternal tenderness and gravity.

  • It can set him up with a semblance of bodily strength, when otherwise he would be puny and fragile.

  • No longer did his heavy battle axe seem to weigh on his puny arm.

  • Rick turned in time to see the side of El Viejo blow off in an explosion that made ten kilotons of fission seem puny indeed.