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1. (adj.) paltry
ridiculously or insultingly small:
a paltry sum.
2. paltry
utterly worthless:
paltry clothes.
3. paltry
mean or contemptible:
a paltry coward.
Etymology: (1560–70; < LG paltrig ragged =*palter rag (cf. dial. G Palter) +-ig -y1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) negligible, paltry, trifling
not worth considering
"he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"
2. (adj) measly, miserable, paltry
contemptibly small in amount
"a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. paltry
mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold
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