paltry

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pal·try [paltry paltrier paltriest] BrE [ˈpɔːltri] NAmE [ˈpɔːltri] adjective usually before noun
1. (of an amount)too small to be considered as important or useful
Syn: ↑meagre
•This account offers a paltry 1% return on your investment.
•a paltry sum
2. having no value or useful qualities
•a paltry gesture

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: apparently based on dialect pelt ‘rubbish, especially rags’; compare with Low German paltrig ‘ragged’.

Example Bank:
•They worked long hours for paltry wages.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  measly, miserable, negligible, trifling