Paltry
Paltry adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: the hotel's shabby, outdated exercise room was its paltry attempt at a health spa
Scanty is a synonym for paltry in pitiful topic. In some cases you can use "Scanty" instead an adjective "Paltry", when it comes to topics like small, thin, meager.
Nearby Word: paltriness
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Scanty and Paltry. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/paltry/scanty
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