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paltriest
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (en-superlativepaltry)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
paltry \pal"try\ (p[add]l"tr[y^]), a. [Compar. Paltrier (p[add]l"tr[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Paltriest .] [Cf. Prov. E. paltry refuse, rubbish, LG. palterig ragged, palte, palter, a rag, a tatter, Dan. pialt, Sw. palta, pl. paltor.] Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter" [syn: negligible , trifling ] contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood ...
Usage examples of paltriest.
Hardly a week passes now without some soldier who braved death in the field so recklessly that he was decorated or specially commended for it, being haled before our magistrates for having failed to resist the paltriest temptations of peace, with no better excuse than the old one that "a man must live.
Nick him for the paltriest sum, and he lets out a squawk you can hear at Land's End.