minor-league vs paltry

minor-league

adj
  • Of relatively minor importance 

  • Of or pertaining to a minor league 

paltry

adj
  • Trashy, trivial, of little value. 

  • Of little monetary worth. 

  • Despicable; contemptibly unimportant. 

How often have the words minor-league and paltry occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )