adjective [usuallybeforenoun]
1 (of an amount) too small to be considered as important or useful:
This account offers a paltry 1% return on your investment. * a paltry sum
2 having no value or useful qualities:
a paltry excuse / gesture
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for paltry is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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