paltry

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.

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paltry [ˈpɔːltrɪ]

adj -trier, -triest

1. insignificant; meagre

2. worthless or petty

[from Low Germanic palter, paltrig ragged]

paltrily  adv

paltriness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	paltry - not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter" trifling, negligible worthless - lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"
	2.	paltry - 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" measly, miserable meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

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paltry

adjective

1. meagre, petty, trivial, trifling, beggarly, derisory, measly, piddling (informal), inconsiderable He was fined the paltry sum of $50.
meagre considerable, valuable

2. insignificant, trivial, worthless, unimportant, small, low, base, minor, slight, petty, trifling, Mickey Mouse (slang), piddling (informal), toytown (slang), poxy (slang), nickel-and-dime (U.S. slang), picayune (U.S.), chickenshit (U.S. slang), twopenny-halfpenny (Brit. informal) She had no interest in such paltry concerns.
insignificant major, important, grand, significant, essential, consequential

Translations

paltry [ˈpɔːltrɪ] (paltrier (compar) (paltriest (superl))) ADJ → ínfimo, miserable
for a few paltry pennies → por unos miserables peniques
for some paltry reason → por alguna nimiedad

paltry [ˈpɔːltri] adj

(= meagre) [sum, fine, sentence] → dérisoire

(= petty) [matter] → dérisoire

paltry

adj → armselig, schäbig; for a few paltry pounds → für ein paar lumpige or armselige Pfund; he gave some paltry excuse → er brachte irgendeine armselige Entschuldigung hervor

paltry [ˈpɔːltrɪ] adj (meagre) → irrisorio/a; (unworthy of consideration) → insignificante
for a paltry £5 → per la somma irrisoria di 5 sterline