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   Pal·try

   /ˈpôltrē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of an amount) small or meager: "she would earn a paltry $33 more each month" Similar smallmeagertriflinginsignificantnegligibleinadequateinsufficientscantscantyderisorypitifulpitiablepatheticmiserablesorrywretchedpunytrivialniggardlybeggarlymeanungenerousinappreciablemereinformal:measlypiddlingpifflingmingydinkypoxyrare:exiguousOpposite considerablesubstantial
   • ▪ petty; trivial: "naval glory struck him as paltry" Similar worthlesspettytrivialunimportantinsignificantinconsequentialof little account/consequencemeaninglessnegligiblenugatoryminorfootlingcontemptibleinformal:penny-antetwopennytwopenny-halfpennynickel-and-dimepicayuneOpposite importantsignificantvaluable

   Word Origin mid 16th century: apparently based on dialect pelt ‘rubbish, especially rags’; compare with Low German paltrig ‘ragged’.

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   • 1. paltriness noun

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   What is paltry?

   • Definition of paltry. Definition of 1 [ adjective ]not worth considering Synonyms triflingnegligible Examples "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost""piffling efforts""a trifling matter" Related terms worthless 2 [ adjective ]contemptibly small in amount Synonyms miserablemeasly Examples

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   • negligible and slight small insignificant, distant negligible and small insignificant unimportant, paltry negligible and insignificant petty insignificant, trivial

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   What is the adjective for paltry?

   • Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. Adverb. In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.

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   • paly — pale. apply — If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it. aptly — inclined; disposed; given; prone: too apt to slander others. haply — perhaps; by chance. layup — the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies: the lay of the land.

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   Paltry definition: ridiculously or insultingly small. See examples of PALTRY used in a sentence.

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   PALTRY definition: A paltry amount of something, especially money, is very small: . Learn more.

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   From Middle Low German paltrig (“ragged, rubbishy, worthless”), from palter, palte (“cloth, rag, shred”), from Old Saxon *paltro, *palto (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *paltrô, *paltô (“scrap, rag, patch”). Of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *polto- (“cloth”), see also Proto-Slavic *poltьno (“linen”). Cognate wi...

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   (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɑltɹi/

   (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒltɹi/, /ˈpɔːltɹi/

   (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɔltɹi/, /ˈpɑltɹi/

   Homophone: poultry (UK)

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   paltry (comparative paltrier, superlative paltriest) 1. Trashy, trivial, of little value. 1.1. Synonyms: insignificant, unimportant, petty, trivial 1.2. This is indeed a paltryflyer about a silly product. 1.3. She made some paltryexcuse and left. 1.1. 1921, Edward Sapir, Language: An introduction to the study of speech: 1.1.1. There are a great man...

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   1. ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum. 2. utterly worthless: paltry clothes. 3. mean or contemptible: a paltry coward.