English-Dutch translations for paltry

• armzalig
  Toen zij om schadevergoeding voor haar drie zoontjes vroeg, kreeg zij het armzalige bedrag van een paar honderd pond per kind aangeboden. When she came to get compensation for her three sons - just young boys - they offered her a paltry few hundred pounds for each son.
• beklagenswaardig
• meelijwekkend
• pietluttig
• triviaal
• waardeloos

Definition of paltry

• Trashy, trivial, of little value
• Of little monetary worth

Examples

• This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product
• She made some paltry excuse and left
• Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?
• Student grants these days are paltry, and many students have to take out loans

Related words

• paltrier
• Paltry Tyrannulet
• paltry insignificant