paltry

Definitions

Small or meager in amount.

Petty, trivial, or lacking in importance or worth.

Examples

The company offered a paltry salary that was barely enough to cover basic living expenses.

He was disappointed by the paltry turnout at the charity event he had worked so hard to organize.

Despite his years of experience, he received only a paltry bonus at the end of the fiscal year.

Synonyms

meager insignificant trifling negligible scanty piddling trivial

Antonyms

substantial significant considerable ample generous immense large