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paltriness

NOUN
pettiness
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He suggests that this may be because it offers inconvenient truths about the paltriness of the party.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

The report includes an understated, but nonetheless pointed, criticism of the paltriness of scientific literature about North Pacific odontocetes species from the Oligocene epoch, which lasted roughly from 33.7 to 23.8 million years ago.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2023

In a year in which the two marquee Tony categories resemble each other in the paltriness of their competition, a critic is permitted to do some hand-wringing.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2018

He was outspoken in meetings and confident in his value, arguing with Moyer once over the paltriness of his pay raise.

From Washington Post Sep. 2, 2015

It seems to me the more we see of His power as exerted on our little earth, the more do we realise the paltriness of our conception of the stupendous Might that upholds the Universe.”

From Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)




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