paltry
paltry (pal"try) , adjective
[Compare Prov. English paltry refuse, rubbish, LG. palterig ragged, palte, palter, a rag, a tatter, Danish pialt, Swedish palta, pl. paltor.]
Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold. — Cowper
The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost.