Qualities

Synonyms for paltry

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

not worth considering

He considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

trifling

Same sentence, swapped: He considered the prize too trifling for the lives it must cost.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for paltry as it is used in the sentence above.

tacky
irregular
obnoxious

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