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paltry | pal |

As an adjective paltry

is trashy, trivial, of little value.

As a noun PAL is

acronym of lang=en|Phase Alternating Line or of Phase Alternation Line. (TV standard.

As a proper noun PAL is

initialism of Police Athletic League|lang=en.

As a verb pal is

be friends with, hang around with.

paltry

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l)

Adjective

(er)
  • trashy, trivial, of little value
    • This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product.
    She made some paltry excuse and left.
  • meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling
    • Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?
    Student grants these days are paltry , and many students have to take out loans.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "paltry" is often applied: sum, rate, amount, number, price, salary, wages, fellow, pay, excuse, income, gain, compensation.

    Anagrams

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    pal

    English

    (wikipedia PAL)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (television, uncountable) or of (Phase Alternation Line). (TV standard)
  • (electronics, countable) .

    • Derived terms

    * (television) PALplus

    Related terms

    * (electronics) PLA

    See also

    * (television) NTSC , SECAM * (electronics) PIC , FPGA

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)

    • Anagrams

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