Poor - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |pʊr|  American pronunciation of the word poor
Brit.  |pɔː|  British pronunciation of the word poor

noun

- people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
the urban poor need assistance

adjective

- deserving or inciting pity (syn: hapless, miserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched)
Oh, you poor thing
his poor distorted limbs
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need (syn: inadequate, jejune, short)
a poor salary
the jejune diets of the very poor

Extra examples

We were too poor to buy new clothes.

The organization helps poor families.

She has a poor vocabulary.

It was a poor attempt at a joke.

He is in poor condition.

She couldn't read the sign because her vision was too poor.

She came from a poor family.

The defendant is too poor to afford a lawyer.

I am a poor swimmer.

I am poor at sport.

He is a poor loser.

His English is very poor.

Her family were so poor they couldn't afford to buy her new clothes.

My grandparents grew up dirt poor (=very poor).

Many of the families are desperately poor.

Word forms

adjective
comparative: poorer
superlative: poorest
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