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UK
/pˈɔː/
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[ US /ˈpuɹ/ ]
[ US /ˈpuɹ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
characterized by or indicating poverty
they lived in the poor section of town
the country had a poor economy -
having little money or few possessions
deplored the gap between rich and poor countries
the proverbial poor artist living in a garret -
of insufficient quantity to meet a need
short on experience
money is short
food is in short supply
on short rations
an inadequate income
the jejune diets of the very poor
a poor salary -
deserving or inciting pity
a pitiful fate
pitiable homeless children
Oh, you poor thing
his poor distorted limbs
a wretched life
a hapless victim
miserable victims of war
his poor distorted limbs
the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
piteous appeals for help -
lacking in quality or substances
the area was poor in timber and coal
a poor land
food poor in nutritive value
the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality
NOUN
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people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
the urban poor need assistance
How To Use poor In A Sentence
- The poor bugger has nowhere else to sleep.
- Though serfs were freed in 1864, they remained poor sharecroppers and staged a massive peasant uprising in 1907.
- With no warning signs on either side and under poor lighting, the road is a death trap for motorists.
- Although these vegetables adapt well to our temperate climate, they tend to crop poorly.
- A partially blind, poor, black man with little or no book learning outside of the Bible heard a call.
- Since corporate America is more interested in hoarding than rehiring, the New Poor are going to be around for awhile. Mark Olmsted: No Pizza, No Peace: The New Poor and the Coming Blowback
- The poorer the soil and the older the lawn, the better will be the flower display, but most park lawns will contain self-heal, daisy, achillea, and cat's-ear.
- Dance the coxswain was the first affected in that way, but after a few moments Mark felt that the poor fellow had been suffering in The Black Bar
- These have damaged an already poorly performing economy. The Sun
- It's a poor teacher who can only control the class by roaring at the children.