paltry
Definition of abbreviation (noun) -
contemptibly small in amountPart of speech:
Adjectivepaltrier; paltriest
Example sentences with this word:
He looked in his satchel and saw what food he had was in paltry amounts.
Despite the huge number of potential customers (just short of a million) and the fact that all copies of Gudok were delivered free on the railways, the circulation was a paltry 30,000 in June.
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