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paltriness Definition


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paltry
adj
    paltrier, paltriest
    1. Worthless; trivial; meagre; insignificant or insultingly inadequate.
      Example: a paltry sum
      Thesaurus: small, slight, negligible, piddling, puny, trifling, unimportant, insignificant, petty, trivial; Antonym: substantial.
Derivative: paltriness
noun
    Derivative: paltrily
    adverb
      Etymology: 16c: from German dialect paltrig ragged.



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