beggarly
/ˈbɛɡərli/
adjective
Pitifully or deplorably meager or bad.
the stipend was a beggarly $26
meagre,modest,slight,lean,scant,scanty,skimpy,puny,inadequate,insufficient,insubstantial,miserly,paltry,pitiful,derisory,niggardly,ungenerous,miserable,contemptible,despicable