Hyphenation of paltry

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word paltry? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pal-try

Definitions of paltry:

1.	Not worth considering He considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost Piffling efforts A trifling matter
2.	Contemptibly small in amount A measly tip The company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief A paltry wage Almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans

Synonyms of paltry:

adj	negligible, trifling, worthless
adj	measly, miserable, meager, meagre, meagerly

Last hyphenations of this language

subversed pokey savourless shouting Escape stifling Strudels semidiameter Northerner Sabah bopp choky recurs Merrimack waycross luxury unfallenness nonconvergent predecide

Hyphenator

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