paltry russian

• жа́лкий

  pitiful, pathetic, pitiable

  miserable, wretched, paltry, pathetic

• ничто́жный

  negligible, minute, tiny, paltry

  insignificant, worthless, contemptible, pathetic

• презре́нный

  contemptible, despicable, base

  wretched, sordid, paltry

• грошо́вый

  dirt-cheap, very cheap, penny-

  paltry, trifling, worthless

• мизе́р

  pittance, trifle, paltry amount, minimum

• уте́шный

  comforting, consoling, consolatory

  consolation (prize)

  pathetic, pitiable, paltry

• мещани́нишка

  petty philistine, paltry bourgeois, insignificant townsman

• нищенски

  beggarly, in destitution, wretchedly

  pitifully small, paltry, measly

Examples

• Он получает копеечную зарплату каждый месяц.

  He earns a paltry salary every month.