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- Dictionarypal·try/ˈpôltrē/
adjective
- 1. (of an amount) small or meager: "she would earn a paltry $33 more each month" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of PALTRY is inferior, trashy. How to use paltry in a sentence. Did you know?
PALTRY definition: 1. (of an amount of money) very small and of little or no value: 2. of little quality or value…. Learn more.
adjective. contemptibly small in amount. “a paltry wage”. synonyms: measly, miserable. meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy. deficient in amount or quality or extent. adjective. not worth considering. “he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost”.
Paltry definition: ridiculously or insultingly small. See examples of PALTRY used in a sentence.
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A paltry amount of money or of something else is one that you consider to be very small. ...a paltry fine of £150. They suffered an electoral catastrophe, winning a paltry 3 seats. 2. graded adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Very small or inadequate in amount; negligible. Was paid a paltry sum for his work. American Heritage. Practically worthless; trifling; insignificant; contemptible; petty. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Trashy, trivial, of little value. This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product. She made some paltry excuse and left. Wiktionary.
PALTRY meaning: 1. (of an amount of money) very small and of little or no value: 2. of little quality or value…. Learn more.
1. ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum. 2. utterly worthless: paltry clothes. 3. mean or contemptible: a paltry coward.
/ˈpɔːltri/ [usually before noun] (of an amount) too small to be considered as important or useful synonym meagre. This account offers a paltry 1 per cent return on your investment. a paltry sum. They worked long hours for paltry wages. Definitions on the go.
paltry meaning: A paltry amount of something, especially money, is very small: . Learn more.
