paltriness
State of triviality
Paltriness is the quality of being paltry—worthless, trivial, or contemptibly small.
It often emphasizes inadequacy relative to what's expected or needed: the paltriness of the offer insulted her.
The word carries moral weight, suggesting not just smallness but meanness of spirit or cheap insufficiency.
Lack of something needed
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- incompetenceLack of required skill
ineptitude · incapacity · ineffectiveness · failure · lack · want · shortage · underperformance
Of no real importance
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- negligibleToo small to consider
- frivolousNot worthy of attention
- superficialLacking depth or substance
petty · picayune · piddling · fiddling · niggling · footling · worthless · unimportant
Inadequate quantity or supply
- skimpinessInadequate coverage or amount
- sparsenessLack of density
- thinnessState of minimal width
- leannessState of being thin
exiguity · bareness · slenderness · paucity · dearth · scarcity · stinginess · miserliness
Limited, ungenerous perspective
- spitefulnessMalicious desire to harm
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
- cheapnessLow price quality
- basenessMoral worthlessness
lowliness · contemptibility · shabbiness · wretchedness · sordidness · ignobility · meanness · grudging
deficiency
Lack of something needed
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
- weaknessDeficiency in force
incompetence · ineptitude · incapacity · ineffectiveness · failure · lack · want · shortage · underperformance · feebleness
trifling
Of no real importance
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- negligibleToo small to consider
- frivolousNot worthy of attention
superficial · petty · picayune · piddling · fiddling · niggling · footling · worthless · unimportant · minor
scantiness
Inadequate quantity or supply
- skimpinessInadequate coverage or amount
- sparsenessLack of density
- thinnessState of minimal width
leanness · exiguity · bareness · slenderness · paucity · dearth · scarcity · stinginess · miserliness · pittance
small-mindedness
Limited, ungenerous perspective
- spitefulnessMalicious desire to harm
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
- cheapnessLow price quality
baseness · lowliness · contemptibility · shabbiness · wretchedness · sordidness · ignobility · meanness · grudging · stinginess
paltrinesssignificance
Quality of mattering
importance · weightiness · consequentiality · momentousness · gravity
paltrinessgrandeur
Impressive splendor and scale
enormity · immensity · vastness · substantiality · magnitude
paltrinessworthiness
State of deserving recognition
preciousness · value · nobility · excellence · eminence