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paltry [ˈpɔːltrı] ADJ

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The team's presence at other single-day races in the spring season was paltry.
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Anything less than three days was considered paltry.
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He also posted the best on-base percentage of his career, a paltry.287.
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He was a huge liability at bat, however, hitting a paltry.149 (41-for-275).
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They leave a tiny window to allow her to breathe and eat paltry meals, so that she will die very slowly.
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Through mid-2000 the company collected a paltry $3.5 million from a $95 million investment.
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This time it was awarded a paltry 4 in damages of the 150m it was seeking.
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They were making a very paltry salary, for someone who actually "designed" the games that made the company millions of dollars.
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The total growth of farm sector has recorded a 4.39% increase in 2012-13, over a paltry 1.3% growth in the previous fiscal.
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Although this was a relatively paltry sum, she later claimed that her performance fees and tips were ten times that amount.
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