PALTRY
(adj.) contemptibly small in amount
"a measly tip", "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief", "a paltry wage", "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
synonyms : measly , miserableThe company donated a paltry $100 for flood relief. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) not worth considering
"he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost", "piffling efforts", "a trifling matter"
synonyms : negligible , trifling
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Mnemonics for paltry
(Tag: Hindi) pal means moment in hindi,its very small...so can b neglected when we r wasting hrs on facebook:)
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(Tag: ) Relate this word to poultry. If poultry is not kept or stored properly, it will become worthless.
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(Tag: English) (pal+try)Imagine you are advising your friend "hey pal(close friend), don't try it..it's not worth considering this option"
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(Tag: ) Pal + Try. Pal means friend. Since you have very less no of pals/friends you keep on trying to make new ones
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(Tag: ) sounds like POULTRY,that have MISERABLE life
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(Tag: ) PANTRY car of railways provide PALTRY amount of meal as compared to platform caterers for the tantamount of money.
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(Tag: QQ) PALTRY rhymes with PAUCITY which means dearth scarcity, paltry means insignificant or small in value
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(Tag: ) its like this PAL(friend)+try(try).....so it goes like this friend try again u made insignificant effort
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(Tag: ) hey PAL(friend)TRYeng to impress her is NOT WORTHY as she is already engaged
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(Tag: ) paltry sounds like POULTRY which is INSIGNIFICANT for VEGETARIANS
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(Tag: ) sounds lyk pantry.. today our pantry has very less snacks
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(Tag: the best) Hey pal try it man...you tel ur pal to try something because its not all that costly, its petty or of insignificant amt
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(Tag: ) chickens are paltry poultry.
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(Tag: ) POULTRY is worthless as we kill chickens to eat....hence PALTRY sounds like POULTRY....
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(Tag: ) pal+try = hey pal dont try somethin which is insignificant and trifling
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(Tag: ) pal (pole) and try(tree)...a pole is very small in comparison to the tree..so paultry- very small value
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(Tag: Eng) suppose a salesman is trying to persuade to buy sth:"Its really cheap PAL,TRY it!",thus, PALTRY=petty and insignificant amount
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(Tag: hindi) read it as "partly" which means "partial" so adha-adhoora kam has no significance in your path success.....
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(Tag: elango-mech) paltry same sound as party(political party),so nowadays political party are becoming insignificant to the peoples.
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(Tag: english) Paltry-remember poultry, poultry is important coz it gives chicken(i like chicken),so paltry is unimportant. poultry - important paltry- unimportant
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(Tag: ) My pals trying to give back borrowed money but he can't cause he's poor.
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