paltry

adjective3

1. •
   Trashy, trivial, of little value.

   • This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product.
   • She made some paltry excuse and left.
2. •
   Of little monetary worth.

   • Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?
   • Student grants these days are paltry, and many students have to take out loans.
3. •
   Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.

   • "An aged man is but a paltry thing, / A tattered coat upon a stick" — 1928