paltry

I didn't know that was allowed, or I think maybe I could do a paltrier version of that--i.e., a Salinger or a Hemingway) or awe-inspiring (as in, Oh my God: Is that what you can do with sentences?--i.e., a Joyce or a Nabokov).

Villanueva's paltrier in Zoe, businessman Benito Araneta, owner of Entertainment Network (Enter-net), has stirred controversy with claims that Villanueva is refusing to honor the terms of their contract in the joint venture.

Figure 8 shows the data by Congress and reveals Clinton's New Democrat credentials to be paltrier in relation to regulatory policy.