paltry
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˈpɔltri/
:
insignificante
- Despite their hard work, they received a paltry reward that hardly acknowledged their contributions.
- paltry amount
- paltry 3.2 percent
- paltry sum
The great Irish poet William Butler Yeats said an aged man is but a paltry thing.
- The great Irish poet William Butler Yeats said an aged man is but a paltry thing.
- That's a very paltry conception of spirit doesn't even map on to our experience very well, right?
- B, there's no serious motive in books of the insurance settlement was was paltry.
- That golden or nude of a later day evolving from the paltry nude who starts on her spring voyage in an early poem.
Examples
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Could we have got by over the years on his paltry earnings?
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Considering the DoD's half a trillion dollar budget, $200 million seems like a paltry sum.
Academic text (2017) -
We spend a paltry amount of money in this country on basic research in the energy field.
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But our collective heart was broken by the paltry return we made on our investment in advertising.
Fiction book (1999) -
I had no investments beyond the paltry sum in my savings account.
Fiction book (2000) -
The pension amount is paltry, ranging from Rs30 to Rs60 per month.
Academic text (1998) -
In 1994, for example, bilateral trade with Russia amounted to a paltry 0.7 percent of Japan's trade turnover.
Academic text (2001) -
The company's paltry budget for employee training left many workers feeling unsupported.
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His paltry efforts in the project did not impress the team leaders.
Synonyms
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3.4
Showing that something is only small and not important
65
4.7
Poor and in bad condition with little value
56
3.4
Very small and weak, not impressive
50
2.8
A very small amount or poor quality
48
4.8
Too small in amount or quality to be enough
31
5.6
Very small or unimportant and not worth worrying about
30
5.5
A small amount that is barely enough
29
6.3
Too small to be useful
7
6.6
Very small and not important enough to need attention
5
5.3
Too small in amount or size for what is needed
2
6.6
A small amount or number that is barely enough
1
9.9
Small and not important
Antonyms
How Important
Surface Forms
Etymology
Paltry comes from an old French word paltre that meant 'ragged' or 'worthless' and was used for poor clothes or tiny payments. That's why paltry now describes something very small or not worth much.