paltry
Barely worth mentioning
Paltry means worthlessly small or trivial—too meager to matter: a paltry sum, paltry excuses.
The word carries contempt: what's paltry isn't just insufficient but insultingly so.
They offered a paltry twenty dollars for the antique.
A paltry effort barely qualifies as trying.
Lacking importance or consequence
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- negligibleToo small to consider
- triflingOf no real importance
- minorScale with lowered third
unimportant · petty · frivolous · small · minute · piddling · picayune · footling
Barely adequate amount
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- deficientHaving too little
scarce · insufficient · skimpy · lean · bare · thin · minimal · slight
Ridiculously inadequate
- laughableWorthy of derision
- ridiculousInviting scorn through absurdity
- insultingShowing contempt through words
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
disdainful · scornful · sneering · belittling · token · nominal · perfunctory · grudging
Lacking any value
- despicableMorally worthless, beneath regard
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- lowNot elevated
- meanAverage, or spiteful
shabby · sorry · wretched · miserable · deplorable · pitiful · pathetic · lamentable
insignificant
Lacking importance or consequence
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- negligibleToo small to consider
- triflingOf no real importance
minor · unimportant · petty · frivolous · small · minute · piddling · picayune · footling · niggling
scant
Barely adequate amount
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
deficient · scarce · insufficient · skimpy · lean · bare · thin · minimal · slight · insubstantial
derisory
Ridiculously inadequate
- laughableWorthy of derision
- ridiculousInviting scorn through absurdity
- insultingShowing contempt through words
contemptuous · disdainful · scornful · sneering · belittling · token · nominal · perfunctory · grudging · offensive
worthless
Lacking any value
- despicableMorally worthless, beneath regard
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- lowNot elevated
mean · shabby · sorry · wretched · miserable · deplorable · pitiful · pathetic · lamentable · disgraceful
- Insignificant thingstrivial, minor, small, tiny, negligible
- inferiorinferior, substandard, second-rate, second-class, subpar
- nonessentialunnecessary, unneeded, nonessential, inessential, dispensable
- scarcityscarcity, scarce, shortage, scant, scanty
- smallnesssmall, little, tiny, mini, miniature
paltrysubstantial
Of notable size or importance
considerable · significant · large · ample · generous
paltrysignificant
Having notable importance
important · valuable · meaningful · consequential · momentous