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Significados de paltry em inglês

Contemptibly small in amount.

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Not worth considering.

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Examples for "trifling"
Examples for "trifling"
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No trifling in the matter at all; I am in sober earnest.
Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor
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The imposts were few and trifling in amount, the administration was simple.
Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
3
Permitting me to live in the island is but a trifling favor.
The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 12
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With trifling exceptions, both the ideas and the language are her own.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
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Our readers will correct some natural and trifling slips of the pen.
The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere
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However, revenue from electric cars will be likely remain negligible for now.
Reuters
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Research suggests mail voting would produce a near-negligible number of corrupt votes.
News.com.au
3
Multinational companies operating in New Zealand found to have paid negligible tax.
Radio NZ
4
Until yesterday tests had shown negligible iodine-131 levels in Tokyo tap water.
The Guardian
5
However, a negligible percentage of drug release took place following pH change.
Pubmed
Uso de paltry em inglês
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Food was paltry and hygienic conditions often dismal in damp overcrowded cells.
Reuters
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August's no confidence motion saw him survive by a paltry 11 votes.
The South African
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He played a paltry six games for seven clubs over 16 years.
The Guardian
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My paltry three days of gym training that month weren't kicking in.
Climbing Magazine
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The Government's reaction so far has been to produce one paltry leaflet.
The Irish Times
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But rival ambitions and paltry jealousies divided the leaders of the Revolution.
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol....
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For the next three nights the paltry rules of society are forfeit.
Ruthless
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Their counterparts on the American side could only manage a paltry two.
The Irish Times
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That dowry would more than cover the paltry debt upon the lands.
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 06
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That paltry sum was all that stood between them and financial disaster.
Do you take this rebel?
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I only knew my father as a reluctant and paltry monthly check.
Ebony
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Put in a paltry thousand or two, and you shall go halves.
The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 17
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Lady Bassett looked up, and saw this paltry suspicion in his face.
A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day
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That is how Anning, with his paltry 19 votes, got into parliament.
News.com.au
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How many of your sex have sold their honor for paltry lucre.
The Young Maiden
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I have taken his paltry money-itwent last night to a hospital.
The Double Traitor
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