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