puny
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Puny mountains would have slowed erosion of the planet’s rocks, limiting the supply of life-giving nutrients for creatures in the oceans.
From National Geographic • Feb. 11, 2021
In “All My Puny Sorrows,” a woman giving a eulogy is interrupted by her toddler, who opens the urn and scoops the ashes into his mouth.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2019
“Nobody moves away from Winnipeg, especially to Toronto, and escapes condemnation,” she wrote, in “All My Puny Sorrows,” her novel about her sister’s illness and death.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 18, 2019
Puny Pete, the awkward and new-in-town main character, replies.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2018
Puny, or puisne judge; the last made judge.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
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