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paltry

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paltry in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    measly  miserable  paltry 
  2. not worth considering
    "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"
    negligible  paltry  trifling 
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