Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being paltry, vile, or worthless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being paltry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The characteristic of being
paltry .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun worthlessness due to insignificance
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Examples
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But to critics, that same proportional paltriness of what's gained make the abuses and errors suffered under the 287 (g) program even less justifiable: rough means to ultimately puny ends.
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Continually get away from pettiness and paltriness of mind and thought out into the thirteenth chapter of St. John's Gospel.
Sunday art and inspiration..... Gumbo Lily 2008
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Continually get away from pettiness and paltriness of mind and thought out into the thirteenth chapter of St. John's Gospel.
Archive 2008-03-01 Gumbo Lily 2008
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Amid the glories of Chartres he could not help thinking about the paltriness of his own time.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Amid the glories of Chartres he could not help thinking about the paltriness of his own time.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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This was not referring to the paltriness of the army.
Bloggingheads! Ann Althouse 2007
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It could be that the paltriness of color this year is purely due to too much moisture, mold, moisture-loving bugs, that sort of thing.
Archive 2006-10-01 Pat 2006
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Everyone is in dancer of succumbing to what de Tocqueville called “paltriness of aim.”
Firedoglake » Chocolate Eggs, Faith and the Democratic Party 2006
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It could be that the paltriness of color this year is purely due to too much moisture, mold, moisture-loving bugs, that sort of thing.
autumn color Pat 2006
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Anything less shows paltriness and a lack of credibility.
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