Thesaurus / paltry
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During the ten minutes it was plugged in, the Mach-E only added a paltry 5 kWh.
FORD’S ELECTRIC MUSTANG MACH-E IS AN IMPORTANT LEAP INTO THE FUTUREDAN CARNEYFEBRUARY 12, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEThe United States gained back a paltry 49,000 jobs in January.
FED CHAIR: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS CLOSER TO 10 PERCENT, NOT 6.3 PERCENT, IN JANUARYRACHEL SIEGELFEBRUARY 10, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe economy only grew by a paltry 1 percent in the last last three months of 2020, according to last week’s Bureau of Economic Analysis figures.
THE ECONOMY GAINED JUST 49,000 JOBS IN JANUARY, AS RECOVER SPUTTERS AMID PRESSURE FROM VIRUSELI ROSENBERGFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAs articulate and attractive young adults, all three participants meet the basic requirements for influencer status, despite their initially paltry follower counts.
WHAT HBO’S FAKE FAMOUS DOESN’T UNDERSTAND ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE AND INFLUENCER CULTUREJUDY BERMANFEBRUARY 4, 2021TIMEThe paltry nature of expected per-person payments was explained last week by plaintiffs in a filing that asked the US District Court for the Northern District of California to approve the settlement.
WHY VICTIMS OF AT&T UNLIMITED-DATA THROTTLING GET ONLY $22 IN SETTLEMENTSJON BRODKINFEBRUARY 1, 2021ARS TECHNICAThat may seem rather paltry compared to the 8K ambitions of cameras like the Sony Alpha 1 and Canon’s R5, but those are much different cameras.
FUJIFILM’S NEW 102-MEGAPIXEL CAMERA IS THE SIZE OF A TYPICAL DSLRSTAN HORACZEKJANUARY 30, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEThe guideline also only calls for a paltry 3 Mbps of upload speed, which felt low even when the guideline was established six years ago.
THE FCC IS ABOUT TO UNDERGO A HUGE SHIFT THAT COULD DRASTICALLY AFFECT THE INTERNETSTAN HORACZEKJANUARY 22, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEThe computer itself relies on paltry integrated graphics, but the external case can hold up to an RTX 3080 inside.
THE MOST EXCITING NEW LAPTOP TECH COMING IN 2021STAN HORACZEKJANUARY 20, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEIf you’re used to a modern, high-end mirrorless camera, the 907X’s AF will feel paltry.
HASSELBLAD’S NEW $6,400 CAMERA IS WEIRD AND WONDERFULSTAN HORACZEKJANUARY 2, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEPaycheck Protection Program loans were paltry, and another stimulus bill isn’t coming any time soon.
AS RESTAURANTS PREPARE FOR WINTER OUTDOOR DINING, CONVINCING CUSTOMERS REMAINS A CHALLENGEJAYA SAXENAOCTOBER 15, 2020EATERWORDS RELATED TO PALTRY
- abortive
- anticlimactic
- barren
- bootless
- defeasible
- emasculate
- feckless
- feeble
- forceless
- fruitless
- futile
- idle
- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecisive
- ineffectual
- inefficacious
- inefficient
- inept
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- innocuous
- inoperative
- lame
- limited
- neutralized
- no go
- no way
- not effective
- nugatory
- null
- paltry
- powerless
- slack-spined
- spineless
- unable
- unavailable
- unavailing
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unsuccessful
- vain
- void
- withered
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- invertebrate
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- null
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- paltry
- powerless
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- unprofitable
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- big zero
- casual
- dinky
- entry level
- exiguous
- immaterial
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- inappreciable
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- inconsiderable
- insignificant
- insufficient
- light
- little
- measly
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- no biggie
- paltry
- petty
- picayune
- puny
- runt
- scanty
- shoestring
- shrimp
- skimpy
- small
- small potatoes
- small-time
- trifling
- trivial
- two bit
- unconsidered
- unimportant
- wimpy
- worthless
- base
- casual
- cheap
- contemptible
- frivolous
- inconsequent
- inessential
- inferior
- irrelevant
- junior
- lesser
- light
- little
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- measly
- minor
- narrow-minded
- negligible
- nickel-and-dime
- niggling
- nugatory
- of no account
- paltry
- peanut
- penny-ante
- pettifogging
- picayune
- piddling
- scratch
- secondary
- shabby
- shallow
- shoestring
- slight
- small
- small-minded
- subordinate
- trifling
- two-bit
- unimportant
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