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paltry

/'p/O/ltr/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a <i>paltry</i> excuse; <i>paltry</i> gold.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. not worth considering

    adj.all

    Examples
    He considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost.
    Synonyms negligible trifling

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. contemptibly small in amount

    adj.all

    Examples
    A paltry wage.
    Synonyms measly miserable

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

paltererpalteringpalterlypaltockpaltrilypaltrinesspaludalpaludamentpaludamentumpaludicol&aelig;paludicolepaludina

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