- paltriness
- paltriness pal"tri*ness, n. The state or quality of being paltry. [1913 Webster]
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paltriness — index immateriality, inconsequence, insignificance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
paltriness — paltry ► ADJECTIVE (paltrier, paltriest) 1) (of an amount) very small or meagre. 2) petty; trivial. DERIVATIVES paltriness noun. ORIGIN probably from dialect pelt «rubbish» … English terms dictionary
paltriness — noun see paltry … New Collegiate Dictionary
paltriness — See paltrily. * * * … Universalium
paltriness — noun The characteristic of being paltry … Wiktionary
paltriness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pettiness, irrelevance, triviality; see insignificance . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Contemptible unimportance: mconsiderableness, negligibility, negligibleness, pettiness, smallness, triviality, trivialness. See… … English dictionary for students
paltriness — pal·tri·ness || pÉ”Ëltrɪnɪs n. worthlessness, state of having no value; trivialness, insignificance … English contemporary dictionary
paltriness — n 1. pettiness, triviality, trivialism, Brit. pottiness, inconsiderableness, unappreciableness, inconsequentiality, insignificance, unimportance, irrelevance, irrelevancy, nonessentiality; littleness, smallness, minuteness, slightness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
paltriness — pal·tri·ness … English syllables
paltriness — noun worthlessness due to insignificance • Syn: ↑sorriness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sorry (for: ↑sorriness), ↑paltry • Hypernyms: ↑worthlessness, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
