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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | negligible, trifling |
| Derivation | paltriness |
he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost.
Examples of paltry
paltry
Poland's economy grew by a paltry 1.3% last year, while Niepolomice's surged 5%.
From the time.com
The votes of the other third of the voters managed to elect a paltry 44 members.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
Justin Fargas led the paltry Raiders rushing attack with 57 yards on 17 carries.
From the kentucky.com
Roundtrip transportation and unloading took four hours and yielded a paltry $10.
From the tennessean.com
Gone were the long lead times, distracted editors, and paltry marketing efforts.
From the businessweek.com
Paltry salaries-as little as $20 a month-push most civil servants to corruption.
From the economist.com
Citigroup fares best of all, with a paltry 62% of commenters disliking the bank.
From the sfgate.com
The top prize for the next drawing, on Wednesday, falls to a paltry $40 million.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Perhaps the paltry amount has helped him settle as it hardly raised expectations.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
- Negligible: not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"
- Measly: 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"
- The trivia (singular trivium, adjective trivial) are the three lower Artes Liberales, i.e. grammar, rhetoric and logic. These were the topics of basic education, foundational to the quadrivia of higher education, and hence the material of basic education, of interest only to undergraduates.
- Trashy, trivial, of little value; meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling
- (Adj) -lacking in importance or worth; trivial.
- Not worthy or important
- Practically worthless.
