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ADJECTIVE | 1 | poor, mediocre, second-rate | Moderate to inferior in quality |
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2 | poor, hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched | Deserving or inciting pity | |
3 | poor | Having little money or few possessions | |
4 | poor | Characterized by or indicating lack of money | |
5 | poor | Low in degree | |
6 | poor | Badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances | |
7 | poor, inadequate, short | Not sufficient to meet a need | |
8 | poor | Unsatisfactory | |
9 | poor, hardscrabble | Yielding little by great labor |
Sounds | puh'r |
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Rhymes | allure, assure, boor, and 36 more rhymes in uhr at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Moderate to inferior in quality. |
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Examples | "he would make a poor spy" |
Synonyms | mediocre, second-rate |
Similar to | inferior |
Adverbs | poorly |
Meaning | Deserving or inciting pity. |
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Examples | "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs" |
Synonyms | hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched |
Similar to | unfortunate |
Meaning | Having little money or few possessions. |
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Examples | "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" |
Attribute of | financial condition, economic condition |
Similar | broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke; destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken; hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched; moneyless; unprovided for |
See also | underprivileged |
Contrary | rich |
Meaning | Characterized by or indicating lack of money. |
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Examples | "the country had a poor economy" |
Similar | beggarly, mean; slummy |
Contrary | rich |
Meaning | Low in degree. |
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Examples | "expectations were poor" |
Similar to | low |
Meaning | Badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances. |
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Examples | "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value" |
Similar | resourceless |
Contrary | rich |
Meaning | Not sufficient to meet a need. |
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Examples | "a poor salary" |
Synonyms | inadequate, short |
Similar to | insufficient, deficient |
Meaning | Unsatisfactory. |
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Examples | "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale" |
Similar to | bad |
Meaning | Yielding little by great labor. |
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Examples | "poor soil" |
Synonyms | hardscrabble |
Similar to | unfruitful |