poor
Meaning of poor
adjective
- lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.
they were too poor to afford a telephone
the gap between the rich and the poor has widened
- of a low or inferior standard or quality.
many people are eating a very poor diet
her work was poor
- (of a person) deserving of pity or sympathy.
they enquired after poor Dorothy's broken hip
Middle English: from Old French poure, from Latin pauper .
Information about poor
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of poor
poor
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- poor is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
poor synonyms
Meaning hapless:
hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched
Meaning inadequate:
Meaning (of a person or area) made poor:
Meaning (of a person) lacking the necessities of life; needy:
Meaning poverty-stricken; very poor:
Meaning extremely poor; poverty-stricken:
Meaning having little or no money:
Meaning poor; needy:
Meaning (of a person) lacking the necessities of life; very poor:
Meaning necessary; requisite:
Meaning extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself:
Meaning (of a person) not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society:
Meaning suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits:
Meaning (of a person) having no money; very poor:
Meaning (of a person or organization) declared in law as unable to pay their debts:
Meaning a woman's chest as measured around her breasts:
Meaning unable to pay debts owed:
Meaning having completely run out of money:
Meaning short of money:
Meaning (of a person) having little or no money available:
Meaning make very poor; impoverish:
Meaning reduce (someone) to poverty:
Meaning below the usual or required standard:
Meaning of poor quality or a low standard:
Meaning not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient:
Meaning imperfect or faulty:
Meaning not working or made correctly; having defects:
Meaning not perfect; faulty or incomplete:
Meaning of low standard or quality:
Meaning of only average quality; not very good:
Meaning (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree:
Meaning very bad; awful:
Meaning extremely bad; appalling:
Meaning of a very poor quality; extremely bad or unpleasant:
Meaning very bad or unpleasant:
Meaning extremely bad or serious:
Meaning pitifully or disgracefully bad:
Meaning extremely disagreeable:
Meaning not satisfactory; not good enough:
Meaning badly made or done:
Meaning in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined:
Meaning having a displeasingly thin, metallic sound:
Meaning (especially of items of popular culture) of poor quality:
Meaning failing to fulfil someone's hopes or expectations:
Meaning (of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable:
Meaning shockingly bad in quality:
Meaning not enough; inadequate:
Meaning not satisfactory or allowable:
Meaning extremely bad or unpleasant:
Meaning very unpleasant, serious, or shocking:
Meaning dirty, unpleasant, or of poor quality:
Meaning extremely serious or urgent:
Meaning of poor quality; bad or wrong:
Meaning disgracefully bad or unpleasant:
Meaning very bad:
Meaning feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy:
Meaning worn and shabby; in poor condition:
Meaning of poor quality:
Meaning a flour pudding boiled or steamed in a cloth bag:
Meaning very bad; worthless or useless:
Meaning of poor quality and little value:
Meaning underpants or knickers:
Meaning unpleasant and of poor quality:
Meaning extremely bad; dreadful:
Meaning outstandingly bad; shocking:
Meaning extremely poor in quality:
Meaning of extremely poor quality:
Meaning having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky:
Meaning having, bringing, or resulting from bad luck:
Meaning having bad luck; unfortunate:
Meaning not happy:
poor antonyms
Meaning having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy:
Meaning having a great deal of money, resources, or assets; rich:
Meaning higher in rank, status, or quality:
Meaning having, bringing, or resulting from good luck:
Translation of poor
- German: arm, mangelhaft
- French: pauvre, insuffisant, inadéquat, misérable
- Spanish: pobre, deficiente, insuficiente, carente, mediocre, necesitado, miserable, infortunado, mísero, magro
- Italian: povero, carente, insufficiente, mediocre, scadente, misero
- Portuguese: pobre, insuficiente
Anagrams of poor
Words that rhyme with poor
Kapoor, semipoor, impoor, nonpoor, Spoor, spoor
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