paltry
11paltry — adjective (paltrier; est) Etymology: obsolete paltry trash, from dialect palt, pelt piece of coarse cloth, trash; akin to Middle Low German palte rag Date: 1570 1. inferior, trashy 2. mean, despicable < a paltry trick > 3 …
12paltry — adjective 1 a paltry amount of something such as money is too small to be useful or important: The management offered us a paltry 3% pay increase. 2 worthless and silly: paltry excuses | her paltry little observations on Russia …
13paltry — UK [ˈpɔːltrɪ] / US [ˈpɔltrɪ] adjective Word forms paltry : adjective paltry comparative paltrier superlative paltriest 1) a paltry amount or number is very small 2) not very good, important, or valuable …
14paltry — pal•try [[t]ˈpɔl tri[/t]] adj. tri•er, tri•est 1) cvb ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum[/ex] 2) cvb utterly worthless: paltry clothes[/ex] 3) mean or contemptible: a paltry coward[/ex] • Etymology: 1560–70; < LG paltrig ragged… …
15paltry — /ˈpɔltri / (say pawltree) adjective (paltrier, paltriest) 1. trifling; petty: a paltry sum. 2. trashy or worthless: paltry rags. 3. mean or contemptible: a paltry coward. {apparently from dialect palt rubbish. Compare Low German paltrig}… …
16paltry — paltrily, adv. paltriness, n. /pawl tree/, adj., paltrier, paltriest. 1. ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum. 2. utterly worthless. 3. mean or contemptible: a paltry coward. [1560 70; < LG paltrig ragged, equiv. to *palter rag ( …
17paltry — adjective /ˈpɔːltɹi,ˈpɑːlt(ʃ)ɹi/ a) trashy, trivial, of little value This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product. b) meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling She made some paltry excuse and …
18paltry — adjective 1) a paltry sum of money Syn: small, meager, trifling, insignificant, negligible, inadequate, insufficient, derisory, pitiful, pathetic, miserable, niggardly, beggarly; informal measly, piddling; formal exiguous Ant …
19paltry — See petty. See petty, paltry, trivial …
20paltry — adj. Paltry is used with these nouns: ↑sum …
