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Definition of Paltriness
1. Noun. Worthlessness due to insignificance.
Generic synonyms: Ineptitude, Worthlessness
Derivative terms: Paltry, Paltry, Sorry, Sorry
Definition of Paltriness
1. n. The state or quality of being paltry.
Definition of Paltriness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being paltry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paltriness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paltriness
Literary usage of Paltriness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stein and the Era of Reform in Prussia, 1807-1815 by Guy Stanton Ford (1922)
"The cause to which he was devoted he kept always before his eyes—all else was
mere ornament, and he disregarded and openly despised it in its paltriness and ..."
2. Paterfamilias's Diary of Everybody's Tour: Belgium and the Rhine, Munich by Martin Farquhar Tupper (1856)
"... and town paltriness, Sept. Tith.—A thunderstorm half the night continued itself
in fractious showers throughout the day, but not to spoil our scenery; ..."
3. Rome and the Council in the Nineteenth Century by Félix Bungener (1870)
"... magnificences of the manifesto of Pius ix., they would confront the paltriness
I have pointed out to them,—paltriness of substance, paltriness of form, ..."
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