paltry
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Paltry funding left Japan with neither a critical mass of infectious disease experts nor many young scientists entering the field, Kawaoka says.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 9, 2023
Paltry one-dimensional terms can’t describe the roiling, sparkling ocean of a person that Pat was.
From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2016
Paltry investments in EV charging could be transformative.
From Slate • Sep. 10, 2015
Paltry pensions mean millions will have to "work until they drop", says the paper.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2014
“The spider Mercer gave the chickenhead, Isidore; it probably was artificial, too. But it doesn’t matter. The electric things have their lives, too. Paltry as those lives are.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Vocabulary lists containing paltry
"The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Paltry Parlance: Synonyms for "Few"
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The Odyssey
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