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PUNINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smallness of stature
Synonyms:
puniness; runtiness; stuntedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("puniness" is a kind of...):
littleness; smallness (the property of having a relatively small size)
Derivation:
puny ((used especially of persons) of inferior size)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
Synonyms:
pettiness; puniness; slightness; triviality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("puniness" is a kind of...):
unimportance (the quality of not being important or worthy of note)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "puniness"):
joke (a triviality not to be taken seriously)
Derivation:
puny (inferior in strength or significance)
