Definition of "punier" []

• Comparative form of puny: more puny (adjective)

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• "Translating all of this into potential GDP growth, Schnapp figures we're looking at a measly 1% to 1.5% for the rest of the year and even punier 1% growth in 2011."
• "But Fiat is punier still in its home continent, with European share of 6.5% in the third quarter, only enough for seventh place."
• "The administration's 2011 proposal to raise the tax rate on capital gains and dividends to 20% from 15% on upper incomes was estimated to raise an even punier $10.5 billion a year."