paltry
തുച്ഛമായ
definition
adjective
she would earn a paltry $33 more each month
(of an amount) small or meager.
example
The loss of such a 'paltry' amount on its own wouldn't have much impact on the oil market, experts say.
The first period totalled up a 'paltry' amount of three genuine opportunities.
It still represents a 'paltry' amount to live on, but is nevertheless something which should have been done a long time ago.
Over the past few years sales have rocketed, as people look for a safe home for their investments in the face of turbulent stock markets and 'paltry' interest rates.
But the question to pose is, how far can one go using his or her own 'paltry' resources in these hard economic times?
Last year trade between China and Russia amounted to a 'paltry' $5.7 billion.
The only concessions remained limited to some 'paltry' oversight additions.
What would I need with your 'paltry' glory?
There is some insurance available, although the amount of coverage is 'paltry' .
This 'paltry' amount isn't even enough to heat a cup of coffee, let alone travel to another planet.
This 'paltry' bit extra will soon be used up once the council tax bill arrives.
They want to take the music channels to the court for paying 'paltry' amounts for playing their music.
Though the battle of wills between the two of them is the focus of the film, it generates a 'paltry' amount of drama.
Until two years ago, we had resources so 'paltry' that it amounted to criminal negligence.
He described the 12.7m that will go towards education programmes as a 'paltry' amount.
Players should not have to sell their marketing rights for 'paltry' sums.
Not only is the monetary compensation being offered by the government a 'paltry' amount, but inflation will erode its value over time.
The 'paltry' sum of Raith's first-half efforts amounted to one shot off target and a corner kick.
He was our coachman, and my father once had him arrested, on account of some 'paltry' offence, for twenty-four hours.
The council says the reason it has had to make cuts is because it has received a 'paltry' amount of grant from the Government.
But it's still going to be 'paltry' amounts whichever way you slice it.
When someone offered him a 'paltry' amount to take the business off his hands, however, Hughes realised he was not about to give up that easily.
And in several cases, art that lives more in the mind than in the flesh suffers from the relative 'paltriness' of the examples on view.
This result reflects the ruling arbitrariness in labour relations and the 'paltriness' of the unions as counterpart to the State as employer.
Perhaps it's just that the power of the wind and rain remind me of the 'paltriness' of the original irritation but I never fail to feel renewed by such weather.
What will console us for life's ultimate 'paltriness' ?
The majority remain serenely intransigent about taking on serious commitments while berating the minority for the 'paltriness' of their sacrifice.
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