paltry
معنی فارسی
ناچيز پست حقير ناقابل جزئي پست
معنی کامل و مثال‌ها
/pôl´trē/adj.
● ناچیز، بی مورد، کم اهمیت
paltry excuses
بهانه‌های بیخود
a paltry sum
چندر قاز
● پست، رذلانه، نا بکارانه
a paltry trick
ترفند نا بکارانه
● بنجل، به درد نخور، آشغالی، پاپاسی، چلسه، پیزری، سر هم بندی شده
those paltry houses they are building are unfit for occupation
آن خانه‌های پیزری که آنها می‌سازند قابل سکونت نیست.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle English 'paltry', of uncertain origin.
مثال
- He received a paltry sum for his efforts.
- The company's profits were paltry compared to previous years.
- She dismissed his paltry excuses.
تعریف انگلیسی
- contemptibly small in amount “a measly tip” “the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief” “a paltry wage” “almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans”
- not worth considering “he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost” “piffling efforts” “a trifling matter”
مترادف‌ها
adjective
1. Small, little, diminutive, inconsiderable, insignificant, unimportant, petty, miserable, wretched, slight, slender, feeble, trifling, trivial, of no consequence, of no importance.
2. Base, vile, abject, grovelling, low, mean, beggarly, pitiful, despicable, contemptible, worthless, shabby, shuffling, shifty.