paltry[adjective]Synonyms: insignificant, contemptible, despicable, inconsiderable, meagre, mean, measly, minor, miserable, petty, poor, puny, slight, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant, worthless
Related Words: beggarly,
shabby,
pitiful,
base,
low,
low-down,
vile,
insignificant,
unimportant [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
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 [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲