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- Dictionarypaltry/ˈpɔːltri/
adjective
- 1. (of an amount) very small or meagre: "she would earn a paltry £33 more a month" Similar Opposite
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PALTRY definition: 1. (of an amount of money) very small and of little or no value: 2. of little quality or value…. Learn more.
adjective. pal· try ˈpȯl-trē. paltrier; paltriest. Synonyms of paltry. 1. : inferior, trashy. built paltry houses unfit for occupancy. 2. : mean, despicable. a paltry trick. 3. : trivial. a paltry excuse. they in their greatness don't have to bother with such paltry restrictions Vanessa Feltz. 4. : meager, measly. made a paltry donation.
adjective. contemptibly small in amount. “a paltry wage”. synonyms: measly, miserable. meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy. deficient in amount or quality or extent. adjective. not worth considering. “he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost”.
Paltry definition: ridiculously or insultingly small. See examples of PALTRY used in a sentence.
You can use paltry to describe something or someone that you consider to be small or unimportant. The parents had little interest in paltry domestic concerns. Synonyms: insignificant , trivial , worthless , unimportant More Synonyms of paltry
(of an amount of money) very small and of little or no value: Student grants these days are paltry. paltry sum The company offered Frazer a paltry sum, which he refused. of little quality or value: paltry excuse She made some paltry excuse and left. Synonyms. meager US. measly informal. miserable (NOT GOOD) negligible. stingy informal disapproving.
1. ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum. 2. utterly worthless: paltry clothes. 3. mean or contemptible: a paltry coward.