单词 | paltriness |
释义 | paltriness (once / 100164 pages) n WORD FAMILY paltriness: paltrinesses+/paltry: paltrier, paltriest, paltrily, paltriness USAGE EXAMPLESBut there is one exception to our general paltriness: We're the right honorable kings and queens of the planet when it comes to long-distance running. Slate(Jun 04, 2012) The opportunity of contrasting the paltriness of earth with the sublimity and reality of the unseen was too great to be resisted. Dods, Marcus, The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel o...(2010) A man, with all the grime and paltriness of mankind, but a saint and hero all the more for that. Stevenson, Robert Louis, The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson...(2010) n worthlessness due to insignificance Syn|Hyper sorriness ineptitude, worthlessness having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful |
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