Paltry vs Skimpy - What's the difference?
paltry | skimpy | Related terms |
trashy, trivial, of little value
meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling
Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.
(Australia, Western Australia) A barmaid who wears little clothing.
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Paltry is a related term of skimpy.
As adjectives the difference between paltry and skimpy
is that paltry is trashy, trivial, of little value while skimpy is small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.As a noun skimpy is
(australia|western australia) a barmaid who wears little clothing.paltry
English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l)Adjective
(er)- This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product.
- She made some paltry excuse and left.
- 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
* *skimpy
English
Adjective
(er)- Have you ever seen such a skimpy bikini?
- They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.
Noun
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- It's a curious mix: weatherworn miners, fresh faced bankers, and a couple of g-stringed skimpies .
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- For an anthropological experience, the front bar at the Exchange Hotel provides a window into some locals? lives at all hours of the day, with skimpies , TV sports and mine workers chain-drinking.
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- ‘There are thirty-two hotels in Kalgoorlie, and only seven would have skimpies [scantily clad barmaids].’