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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paltry \Pal"try\, a. [Compar. {Paltrier}; superl. {Paltriest}.]
[Cf. Prov. E. paltry refuse, rubbish, LG paltering ragged,
palte, palter, a rag, a tatter, Dan. pialt, Sw palta, pl
paltor.]
Mean vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful;
trifling; as a paltry excuse; paltry gold. --Cowper.
The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. --Byron.
Syn: See {Contemptible}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
paltry
adj 1: not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry
for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a
trifling matter" [syn: {negligible}, {trifling}]
2: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company
donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry
wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried
beans" [syn: {measly}, {miserable}]
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