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Meaning of 'paltry' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Paltry [ superl.]
- Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold.

Meaning of 'paltry' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . paltry [ s]
Meaning (1):
- contemptibly small in amount
Example in sentence:
  • a measly tip;
  • a paltry wage;
  • almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans;
  • the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief
Meaning (2):
- not worth considering
Example in sentence:
  • a trifling matter;
  • he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost;
  • piffling efforts

Nearby Words:

pal palace palacious paladin paladiumize paladumenta palaeo- palaeographer palaeographic palaeotype

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