Sekirov Dictionary

poor

/pʊɚ/

adjective 6
noun 4
verb 3
forms 5
phrases 9

adjective6

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having little money and owning few things, while other people have more
- We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes.
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Of low quality.
- That was a poor performance.
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[before a noun] Worthy of pity.
- Oh, you poor thing, you're drenched!
- This poor little puppy got a nasty snake bite.
•
Deficient in a specified way.
- Cow's milk is poor in iron.
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Inadequate, insufficient.
- I received a poor reward for all my hard work.
- Business is poor right now.
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Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
- Blessed are the poor in spirit. — 1611

noun4

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[plural only] The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.
- The sun shines on the rich and the poor alike but, come the rain, the rich have better umbrellas.
- The poor are always with us.
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A poor person.
- The poors are at it again.
[plural only] the second-to-last placer in Tycoon
(no longer used) Synonym of poor cod.

verb3

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(rare) Synonym of impoverish, to make poor.
- It is very evident that Americans are being ‘poored down’ to suit the world socialist agenda, and to maximize profits for the international corporations. — 2003
(no longer used) To become poor.
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(no longer used) To call someone poor.
- Miss Lavinia... put in that she didn't want to be ‘poored by pa,’ or anybody else. — 1864

forms

poored · pooring · poors · poorer · poorest

Phrases with poor

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