Paltry superl. : Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold.

Example:
How are women supposed to rear children with the Paltry amount WIC provides?

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Dictionary, webster, trash, Word Games, Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, Custom Search, glossary, english, language, ESL, Search, adjective, Inflected, Etymology, palt, pelt, coarse cloth.

Defination from the web:
paltry from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Etymology: obsolete paltry trash, from dial. palt, pelt piece of coarse cloth, trash; akin to Middle Low German palte rag. Date: 1570. 1 : inferior, trashy ...