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puniness
noun as in infirmity
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Nor did he waste time decrying the puniness and partisanship of our politics.
Puniness, pū′ni-nes, n. the state or quality of being puny or feeble: smallness: pettiness.
Nothing could exceed the emaciation and puniness of the little creature, and the mother was carrying it about upon a pillow.
This then was what he had come out to find, he in his puniness!
In its present puniness it was no more than a reminder of the brave stream of the springtime.
Out of his puniness and fright he challenged and menaced the whole wide world.
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On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to puniness, such as: affliction, ailment, confinement, debilitation, debility, and decay.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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