paltry

Words with a similar base: paltry

'paltry'

[negligible.s.02] as in: not worth considering

Examples:
he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
piffling efforts
a trifling matter

'paltry'

[measly.s.01] as in: contemptibly small in amount

Examples:
a measly tip
the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief
a paltry wage
almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans

Origins

					paltry (English)
└── paltrig (Middle Low German)
    └── palter (Middle Low German)

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