PALTRY Synonyms

• deficient in amount or quality or extent

• larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

• inferior in rank or status

• (informal) small and of little importance

• contemptibly narrow in outlook

• inspiring mixed contempt and pity

• bad; unfortunate

• deserving or inciting pity

• (informal) small and of little importance

• of little substance or significance

• concerned with trivialities

• not important

• devoid of importance, meaning, or force

• so small as to be meaningless; insignificant

• not worth considering

• of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries

• the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

• a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts

• lowercase

• extremely small

• relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name

• pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun

• of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation

• a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb

• insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)

• named; bearing the name of a specific person

• existing in name only

• having little money or few possessions

• characterized by or indicating poverty

• lacking in quality or substances

• people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

• deserving or inciting pity

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need

• inferior in strength or significance

• (used especially of persons) of inferior size

• limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

• the slender part of the back

• a garment size for a small person

• on a small scale

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

• (of children and animals) young, immature

• slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope

• low or inferior in station or quality

• lowercase

• (of a voice) faint

• have fine or very small constituent particles

• not large but sufficient in size or amount

• made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

• very small

• the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

• not worth considering

• lacking in usefulness or value

• morally reprehensible

• contemptibly small in amount

• very unhappy; full of misery

• deserving or inciting pity

• of the most contemptible kind

• of very poor quality or condition

• characterized by physical misery

• contemptibly small in amount