paltry sum

For a relatively paltry sum—a reported $130 million in donations and other campaign expenditures, less than Jeff Bezos spent on the Washington Post—the world’s richest man purchased a controlling stake in a broke, aging, scandal-ridden former president.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign raised just $2.6 million in May, a paltry sum that speaks to how reliant his bid has become on his running mate, the wealthy Silicon Valley lawyer Nicole Shanahan.

But, so far, he has only raised a paltry sum for his campaign.

He was a healthy scratch before the Avalanche called it and dealt him to Seattle on Dec. 15 for a fifth-round pick, a paltry sum compared to what he used to demand.

Mr Hedges said the money was "a paltry sum" but welcomed the apology.