Sentence examples for paltry value from inspiring English sources

Many investors attribute a paltry value to his telecoms unit.

And, with little reason to believe that the dollar will maintain even this paltry value, the average American family is left with no meaningful way to save for their children's education or their own retirement.

And with little reason to believe that the dollar will maintain even this paltry value, the average American family is left with no meaningful way to save for its children's education or its own retirement.

Buying a drug rival is out of the question; given its paltry market value, Bayer cannot afford any desirable candidates, most of which, such as Wyeth (formerly American Home Products), are several times its worth.

Regardless of whether he keeps the ring, its $4-million value seems paltry in comparison with what she might receive in the settlement.

While productivity has steadily increased by a total of 85% between 1979 and 2012, the inflation adjusted wage of the median worker rose by a paltry 6percentt and the value of the federal minimum wage fell by 21percentt.

Of course, to people outside of our frothy Web economy, another word for "paltry" could be "reasonably valued"– this is a company that takes pains not to hype itself despite a revolving door of celebrities and a Twitter segment on nearly every news and entertainment show.

But with the stock trading at $7.3125, the company's market value is a paltry $400 million, very attractive indeed considering that last year's net income was almost $100 million.

If reserves seem paltry, he pares back book value.

Today the trust's value is a paltry $300,000.

Although 10,000 units are planned, 1,000 are guaranteed to be priced below market value at a paltry half-a-million per apartment, ostensibly in order to avoid driving out the locals.