paltry

/ˈpɔːltɹi/

Etymology: [ 'pol-trE ] (adjective.) 1570. obsolete paltry trash, from dialect palt, pelt piece of coarse cloth, trash; akin to Middle Low German palte rag.

Synonyms: base, beggarly, cheap, common, contemptible, derisory, despicable, inconsiderable, ineffectual, insignificant, limited, low, low-down, meager, mean, measly, minor, miserable, narrow

Antonyms: important, rich, significant, substantial, wealthy, worthy

English - Turkish translation for "paltry"

• paltry: kıymetsizlik
• paltry: küçük
• paltry: bayağı/önemsiz
• paltry: değersiz
• paltry: çok az, cüzi (Küçümseme belirtir.) sıfat
• paltry: önemsiz sıfat
• paltry: saçma sıfat
• paltry: önemsizlik
• paltry: paltrinessdeğersizlik
• paltriness: değersizlik
• paltriness: degersizlik

English - English translation for "paltry"

• paltry: meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling - "Student grants these days are paltry, and many students have to take out loans."
• paltry: trashy, trivial, of little value - "She made some paltry excuse and left."
• paltry: not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"
• paltry: worthless, having no value; petty, trivial; contemptible, mean, base sıfat
• paltry: A paltry amount of money or of something else is one that you consider to be very small. a paltry fine of £150
• paltry: 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"
• paltry: Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold
• paltriness: worthlessness, state of having no value; trivialness, insignificance isim
• paltriness: The characteristic of being paltry
• paltriness: worthlessness due to insignificance
• paltriness: The state or quality of being paltry