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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 |