1. (数量)微小的，微不足道的
A paltry amount of money or of something else is one that you consider to be very small.
2. 可鄙的；卑贱的；不重要的
You can use paltry to describe something or someone that you consider to be small or unimportant.
1. contemptibly small in amount
e.g. a measly tip
the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief
a paltry wage
almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans
2. not worth considering
e.g. he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
piffling efforts
a trifling matter
Synonym: negligibletrifling