paltriness

pal·try  (pôltr)

adj. pal·tri·er, pal·tri·est

1. Lacking in importance or worth. See Synonyms at trivial.

2. Wretched or contemptible.

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[Probably from obsolete and dialectal paltry, trash, perhaps from Low German paltrig, ragged, from palte, rag.]

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paltri·ly adv.

paltri·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

paltriness - worthlessness due to insignificance sorriness worthlessness, ineptitude - having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness"

Translations

paltriness

n → Armseligkeit f, → Schäbigkeit f; (of reason) → Unbedeutendheit f, → Geringfügigkeit f