adjective · rare

paltry

paltry · paltrier · paltriest

тривіальний, звичайний, незначний

незначительный, ничтожный, жалкий, презренный

geringfügig, dürftig, mager, armselig

Trashy, trivial, of little valueTrashy, trivial, of little value.

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UK/ˈpɒltɹi/US/ˈpɔltɹi/

» These shoes cost me a paltry ten euros.

Diese Schuhe haben mich lächerliche zehn Euro gekostet.

Meaning

3 senses

Trashy, trivial, of little value.
This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product.
She made some paltry excuse and left.
geringfügig, dürftig
пустяко́выйpustjakóvyj, незначи́тельныйneznačítelʹnyj, ничтожныйničtožnyj
Of little monetary worth.
Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?
Student grants these days are paltry, and many students have to take out loans.
mager, armselig, schäbig
жа́лкийžálkij, презренныйprezrennyj
not worth considering
Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.
a paltry coward
contemptibly small in amount

Examples

5 sentences

These shoes cost me a paltry ten euros.
deDiese Schuhe haben mich lächerliche zehn Euro gekostet.
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Why do you want to work for a paltry sum?
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These shoes cost me the paltry sum of ten euros.
deDiese Schuhe haben mich lächerliche zehn Euro gekostet.
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The electric things have their life too. Paltry as those lives are.
Електроніка теж має своє життя. Яким би жалюгідним воно не було.
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Of all the many millions of things that I might do, the things that are worth doing are but a paltry few.
ruСреди многих миллионов дел, которые я могу сделать, ничтожно мало таких, которые стоит сделать.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

trashy, trivial, of little value:

meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

trashy, trivial, of little value:

meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling:

Origin

From Middle Low German paltrig (“ragged, rubbishy, worthless”), from palter, palte (“cloth

From Middle Low German paltrig (“ragged, rubbishy, worthless”), from palter, palte (“cloth, rag, shred”), from Old Saxon *paltro, *palto (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *paltrô, *paltô (“scrap, rag, patch”). Of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *polto- (“cloth”), see also Proto-Slavic *poltьno (“linen”).

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