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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are puny" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something as small, weak, or insignificant in comparison to something else.
Example: "The resources we have for this project are puny compared to what we need to succeed."
Alternatives: "are tiny" or "are insignificant".
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Yet examples are puny.
Digital sales are puny, too.
Those fences erected are puny.
But these sources of capital are puny in Germany.
With a couple of exceptions, its unions are puny.
Cross-border financial and monetary linkages are puny.
Those are puny statistics for an immense talent.
And yet here they are, puny and stunted.
Returns on household financial assets are puny, as chart 2 shows.
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Its aid budget is puny.
First, the selection is puny.
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