paltry, adj.
(paltrier, paltriest)
(paltrier, paltriest)
contemptibly small in amount
<adj.all>
measly miserable paltry
sample sentences
"a measly tip""the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"
"a paltry wage"
"almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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not worth considering
<adj.all>
negligible paltry trifling
sample sentences
"he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost""piffling efforts"
"a trifling matter"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to