paltry
[adjective]
Synonyms: insignificant, contemptible, despicable, inconsiderable, meagre, mean, measly, minor, miserable, petty, poor, puny, slight, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant, worthless

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Related Words: beggarly, shabby, pitiful, base, low, low-down, vile, insignificant, unimportant

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pal‧try /ˈpɔːltri $ ˈpɒːl-/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: paltry 'worthless material' (16-19 centuries)]

1. a paltry amount of something is too small to be useful or important:
paltry sum of money
He received only a paltry £25 a day.

2. formal unimportant or worthless Synonym : trivial:
paltry issues

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