puny Definition

puny
adj punier, puniest

1. Small, weak or undersized.

Thesaurus: diminutive, feeble, frail, tiny, undeveloped, meagre, slight, dwarfish; Antonym: formidable.
2. Feeble or ineffective.

Thesaurus: trivial, inferior, minor, insignificant, unimportant, negligible; Antonym: important, significant.

Etymology: 16c: originally puisne.