paltry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: paltry	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for paltry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paltry adj not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter" Synonym(s): negligible, paltry, trifling 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" Synonym(s): measly, miserable, paltry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paltry \Pal"try\, a. [Compar. {Paltrier}; superl. {Paltriest}.] [Cf. Prov. E. paltry refuse, rubbish, LG. paltering ragged, palte, palter, a rag, a tatter, Dan. pialt, Sw. palta, pl. paltor.] Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold. --Cowper. The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. --Byron. Syn: See {Contemptible}.