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puniness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun puniness has 2 senses
- puniness(n = noun.attribute) pettiness, slightness, triviality - the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous; Array is a kind of unimportance
- puniness(n = noun.attribute) runtiness, stuntedness - smallness of stature; Array is a kind of littleness, smallness
has particulars: joke
Derived form adjective puny1
Derived form adjective puny2
CIDE DICTIONARY
puniness, n.
The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness. [1913 Webster]
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