paltry vs worthwhile

paltry

adj
  • Trashy, trivial, of little value. 

  • Of little monetary worth. 

  • Despicable; contemptibly unimportant. 

worthwhile

adj
  • Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on. 

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