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Paltry
Paltry meaning
Trashy, trivial, of little value. | Of little monetary worth. | Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.
Example sentences (20)
At that time, the state was receiving paltry dispersals of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeybox from the federal government.
But other survivors have revealed that they subsisted on paltry meals for weeks as they were held.
Crown prosecutor Richard Smith said the fact the defendant committed the offence to collect a "relatively paltry" drug debt, then "callously" drove away aggravated the crime.
Earning a paltry $38.5 million in the USA and $37.4 million in other markets, was an unmitigated box office disaster.
Evergreen Active Club and Rose City Nationalists made a paltry showing at Lewis County Pride last weekend, and were clowned out of town by the locals.
If the Bulls can’t break out of isolation ball early in this season, they will re-create the same patterns of the past two years — sluggish scoring with high numbers from their central stars and paltry contributions from the rest of the roster.
It’s Me, Margaret” and “Joy Ride”—were films widely adored by reviewers and movie-goers alike despite their paltry box office performances.
Mami Wata was off with an underwhelming performance in its opening weekend at the cinemas, pulling a paltry N2.4m.
NASUWT members are also involved in the dispute and its general secretary, Patrick Roach, had condemned the latest offer from Scottish Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville as “only a paltry improvement” on the previous proposal.
Normally they’d have sprung for that paltry sum without blinking an eye!
Not so in Pakistan, where a paltry 2.0% of the GDP is spent on education compared to a whopping 4% on defense.
Pawan Kalyan alleged that land prices were artificially increased whereas paltry sums were paid to the land owners.
Team Charlton only received a paltry 0.5 point for all their hard work.
The display is rated for a paltry 250 nits of brightness, and our tests sadly confirmed this figure.
There was no festive atmosphere and only a few paltry decorations, he saidCredit: TikTok/chasingthedream.
The three-day gross there was a paltry $2.3M.
The winner of that election can only serve a two-year term. It is unclear who might benefit from fresh elections, with the president’s approval rating at a paltry 13%, and the National Assembly even lower at 10%, according to recent polling.
Aaron Hartup (5-20) and Louis Payne (3-26) restricted St Helens to a paltry 78 all out.
A monthly consumption of 300 units is paltry in houses where air conditioners and heaters are a given, but by national standards, is a significant metric of consumption.
And the paltry $125,000 price tag is only about a quarter of the state’s current median home price.