puniness

English Thesaurus

1. smallness of stature (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	littleness, smallness,
definition	:	the property of having a relatively small size (noun.attribute)

2. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	unimportance,
definition	:	the quality of not being important or worthy of note (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	joke,
definition	:	a triviality not to be taken seriously (noun.attribute)

3. smallness of stature (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	puny, runty, shrimpy,
definition	:	(used especially of persons) of inferior size (adj.all)

derivation	:	scrawny, scrubby, stunted,
definition	:	inferior in size or quality (adj.all)

derivation	:	pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off,
definition	:	well below average height (adj.all)

4. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial,
definition	:	(informal) small and of little importance (adj.all)

derivation	:	junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern,
definition	:	inferior in rank or status (adj.all)

derivation	:	flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin,
definition	:	lacking substance or significance (adj.all)

derivation	:	puny,
definition	:	inferior in strength or significance (adj.all)

5. smallness of stature (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	puny, runty, shrimpy,
definition	:	(used especially of persons) of inferior size (adj.all)

derivation	:	scrawny, scrubby, stunted,
definition	:	inferior in size or quality (adj.all)

derivation	:	pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off,
definition	:	well below average height (adj.all)

6. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial,
definition	:	(informal) small and of little importance (adj.all)

derivation	:	junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern,
definition	:	inferior in rank or status (adj.all)

derivation	:	flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin,
definition	:	lacking substance or significance (adj.all)

derivation	:	puny,
definition	:	inferior in strength or significance (adj.all)