Paltry

Word PALTRY
Character 6
Hyphenation pal try
Pronunciations /ˈpɑltɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Paltry"

What do we mean by paltry?

Lacking in importance or worth. synonym: trivial. adjective

Very small or inadequate in amount; negligible. adjective

Marked by meanness or lack of generosity; contemptible. adjective

Mean; worthless; despicable: as, a paltry trifle; often in a mitigated sense, of little value of consequence.

Synonyms Despicable, Pitiful, etc. (see contemptible), insignificant, petty, miserable, wretched, trifling, trivial.

A wretched, worthless trifle. noun

Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling adjective

Trashy, trivial, of little value adjective

Meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling adjective

Not worth considering adjective

Contemptibly small in amount adjective

Trashy, trivial, of little value.

Of little monetary worth.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Paltry

The word "paltry" in example sentences

Haughty, proud, and uncompromising, though neither destitute of honor nor generosity, he despised and hated what he termed the paltry associations of herdsmen and shepherds, united with a few towns which subsisted chiefly by commerce; and instead of courting the Helvetian ❋ Unknown (2008)

I listened to Ebenezer Ato Sam aka Baby Ansaba on myjoyonline. com on 2nd February 2010 and I must say that he is an archetypal example of what gutter Accra are incensed over what they describe as paltry salaries and poor working conditions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Let us not fag in paltry works which serve our pot and bag alone. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As you know, of course, the U.S. being criticized for what some called a paltry and slow response to this humanitarian crisis. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Boston, which was once again paltry on the power play. ❋ Unknown (2002)

And then, you whine and fret for what you yourself call a paltry matter! ❋ Carolyn Wells (1902)

Small societies of excluded lepers live miserably in paltry huts. ❋ Unknown (1871)

The King County Council called their paltry recommendation a "political victory" for us. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Purnell claims he calculated that had the Brown squirt (I refuse to call his paltry measure a stimulus) been carried out in the 1990s there would have been 300,000 fewer on the dole. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Chief Justice Robert called the paltry current pay, quote, "a direct threat to judicial independence." ❋ Unknown (2006)

And for this paltry sum (paltry, that is, to a man of his means) he had wrecked his reputation, and all the possibilities of his career. ❋ Various (N/A)

Christ with the explosives of dispute, on the plea of such a unity as alone they can understand, namely a paltry uniformity. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

Your lordship will be of age soon, I know -- I'm sure I'm satisfied -- but, 'added he with a malicious smile,' I rather apprehend you don't know what you undertake; I only premise that the balance of accounts between us is not what can properly be called a paltry consideration. ' ❋ Maria Edgeworth (1808)

The row centres on what Unite, which is also the union behind the BA cabin crew strike, described as a paltry one per cent offer from BAA following a pay freeze last year. ❋ Unknown (2010)

-- a man who ate brose, went with bare knees, worked like any hind, and did not dare offend his wretched relations by calling his paltry farm his own! ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

The prestigious, peer-reviewed and respected scientific journal, Nature, published an article on the 22 April 2010, which used the very scientific term 'paltry' to describe the emission reduction pledges in the Copenhagen Accord. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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