Paltry — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

not worth considering

contemptibly small in amount

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɔːltɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɔːltɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɔːltɹi/

2 syllables Say it as /pˈɔːltɹi/.

Examples

he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
piffling efforts
a trifling matter

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

miserable trifling negligible measly

Parts of Speech

adjective	not worth considering “he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost”
adjective	contemptibly small in amount “a measly tip”

Word Forms

paltriness

noun

worthlessness due to insignificance

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

dürftig

keine Überlegung wert

🇫🇷French

dérisoire

ça ne vaut pas la peine d'être considéré

🇪🇸Spanish

miserable

no vale la pena considerarlo

🇮🇹Italian

misero

non vale la pena considerarlo

🇳🇱Dutch

schamel

niet het overwegen waard

🇵🇹Portuguese

insignificante

não vale a pena considerar

🇷🇺Russian

ничтожный

не стоит рассматривать

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तुच्छ

विचार करने योग्य नहीं

🇧🇩Bengali

তুচ্ছ

বিবেচনার যোগ্য নয়

🇮🇳Tamil

அற்பமான

கருத்தில் கொள்ள தகுதி இல்லை

🇮🇳Telugu

అల్పమైన

పరిగణనలోకి తీసుకోవడం విలువైనది కాదు

🇮🇳Marathi

तुटपुंजे

विचारात घेण्यासारखे नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

અલ્પ

ધ્યાનમાં લેવા યોગ્ય નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅತ್ಯಲ್ಪ

ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲು ಯೋಗ್ಯವಾಗಿಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തുച്ഛമായ

പരിഗണിക്കേണ്ടതില്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਾਮੂਲੀ

ਵਿਚਾਰਨ ਯੋਗ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

معمولی

غور کرنے کے قابل نہیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

微不足道的

不值得考虑

🇯🇵Japanese

つまらない

検討する価値はない

🇰🇷Korean

보잘것

고려할 가치가 없다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tầm thường

không đáng xem xét

🇹🇭Thai

เล็กน้อย

ไม่คุ้มที่จะพิจารณา

🇮🇩Indonesian

remeh

tidak layak dipertimbangkan

🇵🇭Filipino

maliit

hindi nararapat na isaalang-alang

🇲🇾Malay

remeh

tidak patut dipertimbangkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تافهة

لا يستحق النظر

🇮🇷Persian

ناچیز

ارزش در نظر گرفتن ندارد

🇹🇷Turkish

değersiz

dikkate almaya değer değil

🇮🇱Hebrew

פָּעוּט

לא שווה לשקול

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