"puny" meaning in Anglais

See puny in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ˈpjuː.ni\, \ˈpju.ni\, \ˈpjuː.ni\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-puny.wav Forms: punier [comparative], puniest [superlative]
  1. Inférieur, faible.
    Sense id: fr-puny-en-adj-O-EfbueR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: puniness, punily
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