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List of meaning for paltry

small or meager

negligible, paltry, trifling(adj)

not worth considering

"he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

measly, miserable, paltry(adj)

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"

arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust

a paltry, underhanded scheme to get someone fired

falling short of a standard

the hotel's shabby, outdated exercise room was its paltry attempt at a health spa

not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency

just some paltry ruse to bilk the system

so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention

wanted me to sell him my old records for a paltry sum

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