Definition of "paltriness" [pal•tri•ness]

• The characteristic of being paltry. (noun)

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• "But to critics, that same proportional paltriness of what's gained make the abuses and errors suffered under the 287 (g) program even less justifiable: rough means to ultimately puny ends."
• "Amid the glories of Chartres he could not help thinking about the paltriness of his own time."
• "Continually get away from pettiness and paltriness of mind and thought out into the thirteenth chapter of St. John's Gospel."