See paltry on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From Middle Low German paltrig (“ragged, rubbishy, worthless”), from palter, palte (“cloth, rag, shred”), from Old Saxon *paltro, *palto (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *paltrô, *paltô (“scrap, rag, patch”). Of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *polto- (“cloth”), see also Proto-Slavic *poltьno (“linen”).\nCognate with Low German palterig (“ragged, torn”), dialectal German palterig (“paltry”). Compare also Low German palte (“rag”), West Frisian palt (“rag”), Saterland Frisian Palte (“strip; band; tape”), dialectal German Palter (“rag”), Danish pjalt (“rag, tatter”), Swedish palta (“rag”). See also palterly.",
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]
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"text": "This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She made some paltry excuse and left.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1921, Edward Sapir, Language: An introduction to the study of speech:",
"text": "There are a great many languages, like Eskimo and Nootka and, aside from paltry exceptions, the Semitic languages, that cannot compound radical elements.",
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"Trashy, trivial, of little value."
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"word": "insignificant"
},
{
"word": "unimportant"
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"word": "petty"
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"word": "trivial"
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"roman": "dreben",
"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "дребен"
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"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "無價值"
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"word": "无价值"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
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"_dis1": "81 9 9",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "triviaal"
},
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"_dis1": "81 9 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "pietluttig"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "surkea"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "dérisoire"
},
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"_dis1": "81 9 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "geringfügig"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 9 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "dürftig"
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"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "τιποτένιος"
},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
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"word": "μηδαμινός"
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"roman": "phaûlos",
"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "φαῦλος"
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"_dis1": "81 9 9",
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"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
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"masculine"
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"word": "ridicolo"
},
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"masculine"
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"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
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"masculine"
],
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"word": "miserabile"
},
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"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "僅かばかりの"
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"word": "tātakimōri"
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"_dis1": "81 9 9",
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"word": "ussel"
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"_dis1": "81 9 9",
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"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "kiepski"
},
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"_dis1": "81 9 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pobre"
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"_dis1": "81 9 9",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "insignificante"
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"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "pífio"
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"_dis1": "81 9 9",
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"roman": "pustjakóvyj",
"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "пустяко́вый"
},
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"_dis1": "81 9 9",
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"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "незначи́тельный"
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"word": "ничтожный"
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"_dis1": "81 9 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "tričav"
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"_dis1": "81 9 9",
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"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "insignificante"
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"_dis1": "81 9 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "trashy, trivial, of little value",
"word": "ridículo"
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"text": "Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?",
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},
{
"text": "Student grants these days are paltry, and many students have to take out loans.",
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"ref": "c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, →OCLC, Act I:",
"text": "As for those Samnites, and the men of Uz,\nThat bought my Spanish oils and wines of Greece,\nHere have I purs'd their paltry silverlings.\nFie, what a trouble 'tis to count this trash!",
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},
{
"ref": "2022 July 8, Daniel Boffey, “Collapsing public support suggests Brexit is anything but done”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "Meanwhile, the trade deal has left Britain’s fishing communities screaming betrayal, unhappy with their paltry gains and facing expensive barriers to export what they have caught.",
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"word": "بَخْس"
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"word": "armzalig"
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"word": "meelijwekkend"
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"word": "beklagenswaardig"
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"word": "waardeloos"
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"word": "mitätön"
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"word": "misérable"
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"word": "dérisoire"
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"word": "mager"
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"word": "armselig"
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"sense": "meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling",
"word": "schäbig"
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"word": "ισχνός"
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"sense": "meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling",
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"word": "μηδαμινός"
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"alt": "とるにたらぬ",
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"word": "取るに足らぬ"
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"word": "marny"
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"word": "pífio"
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"word": "жа́лкий"
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"word": "презренный"
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"word": "bedan"
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"word": "miserable"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling",
"word": "ynklig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling",
"word": "futtig"
}
],
"word": "paltry"
}
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