Usually means: Weaker and smaller in size.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. punier: Merriam-Webster
  2. punier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. punier: Collins English Dictionary
  4. punier: Vocabulary.com
  5. punier: Wordnik
  6. punier: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. punier: Wiktionary
  8. Punier, punier: Dictionary.com
  9. punier: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. punier: FreeDictionary.org
  11. punier: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. punier: Legal dictionary

(Note: See puny as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (puny)

adjective:  Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak.
adjective:  (chiefly Southern US, south Midland US) (Frequently) ill; poorly, sickly.
adjective:  (obsolete) Alternative spelling of puisne
adjective:  Inferior in rank; specifically, of a judge: junior.
adjective:  Coming later in time; secondary, subsequent.
adjective:  Not experienced; novice.
noun:  (archaic) An inferior person; a subordinate; also, an insignificant person.
noun:  (obsolete)
noun:  A younger person; a junior.
noun:  Alternative spelling of puisne
noun:  A person who is not experienced; a beginner, a novice.
noun:  (law) A puisne or junior judge.
noun:  (university slang, law) A new student at a school, university, the Inns of Court, etc.; a junior.
▸ Also see puny


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