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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pal•try /ˈpɔltri/USA pronunciation adj., -tri•er, -tri•est. - ridiculously or insultingly small:a paltry wage.
- completely worthless:paltry clothes.
pal•tri•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pal•try (pôl′trē),USA pronunciation adj., -tri•er, -tri•est. - ridiculously or insultingly small:a paltry sum.
- utterly worthless.
- mean or contemptible:a paltry coward.
- Low German paltrig ragged, equivalent. to *palter rag (dialect, dialectal German Palter) + -ig -y1
- 1560–70
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged minor, inconsiderable, slight, insignificant. See petty.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged important, major.
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