abject, common, foul, inferior, mangy, parsimonious, sad, seedy, squalid, trifling, vile
Definitionadj. not worth considering
Last update: July 9, 2016
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He gave a paltry excuse for coming late. [adjective]
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I don't want to accept this paltry amount of money. [Please select]
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Fines for successful prosecutions are often paltry, but have been as high £ 101,000. [adjective]
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Sheep and camels are also on sale for paltry amounts. [adjective]
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A fine--a paltry fine--a trifle for a rich man. [adjective]
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And two ships despatched upon a paltry job of that sort. [adjective]
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It was a paltry finish to a life that began in a blaze of glory. [adjective]
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"We will both of us retreat to-morrow, or to-day, but I would not willingly part from my mother's brother in unkindness about a paltry pipkin." [adjective]
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I desired to see his conveniences, and hired a small paltry bed-chamber for a crown a week, which, in any other place, would not have let for half the money. [adjective]
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I thought you had less of the paltry pride of womankind about you, Miss Wardour. [adjective]
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