Difference between Worthless and Paltry

WORTHLESS vs PALTRY: NOUN

Lacking worth; of no use or value.
Low; despicable.
Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean.
Not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential.
Morally reprehensible
Lacking in excellence or value
Lacking in usefulness or value

Of no value or use; valueless; useless.
Lacking in or destitute of worth, dignity, excellence, or merit; mean; contemptible.
Unworthy; not deserving.
Synonyms Unserviceable, unprofitable.
Base, vile, depraved, graceless, trashy, trumpery, flimsy, tinsel, trifling, paltry, frivolous.

Synonyms Despicable, Pitiful, etc. (see contemptible), insignificant, petty, miserable, wretched, trifling, trivial.
Mean; worthless; despicable: as, a paltry trifle; often in a mitigated sense, of little value of consequence.

Trumpery, Tinsel, Sorry, Meritless, Wasted, Paltry, Trifling, Rubbishy, Trashy, Negligible, Nugatory, Otiose, Superfluous, Pointless, Valueless

Wretched, Scant, Pathetic, Feeble, Minuscule, Miserly, Pitiful, Worthless, Meagerly, Miserable, Trifling, Meagre, Negligible, Measly, Meager

Trumpery, Tinsel, Sorry, Meritless, Wasted, Paltry, Trifling, Rubbishy, Trashy, Negligible, Nugatory, Otiose, Superfluous, Pointless, Valueless

Shabby, Wretched, Scant, Pathetic, Feeble, Minuscule, Miserly, Pitiful, Worthless, Miserable, Trifling, Meagre, Negligible, Measly, Meager

Exclude embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, and worthless checks.
The prophets prophesied by Baal, following worthless idols.
Santiago convinced Spain that further resistance was worthless.
He tells me that my warranty is worthless.
Tylenol is a worthless drug that cures nothing.
How am I worthless because she refused me?
CPA Canada, you will become worthless and useless.
When will these sellers realize that we know that a worthless bike that is really old is still worthless?
House had gained by these worthless not altogether worthless, l history.
They followed worthless Idols and themselves became worthless.

Some states, like Arizona and Florida, have paltry exemptions.
Maori sold land to the British for paltry sums.
SYN: despicable, mean, vile, pitiful, disreputable, paltry, trifling, trivial.
SYN: Trifling, trite, common, unimportant, useless, nugatory, paltry, inconsiderable.
Many objected to what they considered a paltry penalty.
Well apparently the paltry amount of money Mr.
Great Depression despite the paltry social service measures.
But such riches were about to seem paltry.
We now rate this trail a paltry zero.
Is it worth investing for such paltry returns?