puny

Los Angeles had recently passed Chicago to become America’s second city, but it still felt far behind with its puny skyline, suburban sprawl and relative lack of cultural sophistication.

As if being punier is not bad enough, the sharks also become inferior hunters.

The winds of a Category 5 hurricane on our puny little planet can exceed 150 miles per hour.

I was finally finishing when Earth’s puny, pale sun rose into the sky, and the strangest, most disturbing thing yet occurred.

In an era of ultra-low rates, those mortgages and bonds paid out puny interest.