minimum vs puny

minimum

• To the lowest degree. 

• The smallest amount. 

• He always tries to get away with doing the minimum. 

• The lowest limit. 

• A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star). 

• The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution. 

• A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set. 

puny

• Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak. 

• (Frequently) ill; poorly, sickly.