poor
[pɔːr]
Definition:
1. Having little money or few possessions.
2. Low in degree.
3. Unsatisfactory.
'poor' example sentence:
- Poor bugger! His wife left him last week.
- They provided food and shelter for the poor.
- It is dangerous to generalize about the poor.
- The poor old sod got the sack yesterday.
- Visibility was poor.
- Poor Emily. Her kinsfolk should come to her.
- The organization dispenses free health care to the poor.
- It's hungry ─ the poor little thing.
- She was a champion of the poor all her life.
- There once was a poor farmer who had four sons.
- They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids.
- The rise in inflation was just one symptom of the poor state of the economy.
- The poor man's down to his last $5.
- He's in hospital again. Poor dab.
- She's forever going on about how poor they are.
- The harbour's sea defences are in poor condition.
- Gently! You'll hurt the poor thing!
- The country has a poor record on human rights.
- There is no disgrace in being poor.
- The most common complaint is about poor service.
- The results implicate poor hygiene as one cause of the outbreak.
- It's hungry—the poor little thing.
- That band really was piss-poor.
- He was a poor actor.
- Rye is tolerant of poor, acid soils.
- He passionately championed the poor.
- He went on and on about how poor he was.
- He's a poor draughtsman.
- He dedicated his life to helping the poor.
- Poor housing and unemployment are the main problems.
- The poor chap's gone doolally.
- She may be successful now, but she has known what it is like to be poor.
- An inquest was held on the team's poor performance.
- She's lost all her money, poor soul.
- Her work was so poor that she was given the sack.
- The poor suburbs traditionally formed the bedrock of the party's support.
- He was contemptuous of the poor.
- There was very poor reception on my phone.
- I feel sorry for that poor child.
- The tax increases will certainly hit the poor.
- He died a poor man.
- The poor little thing! It's lost its mother.
- Don't strain your eyes by reading in poor light.
- We need to try and narrow the health divide between rich and poor.
- The poor child looks more dead than alive.
- The idea was good, but the execution was poor.
- He spoke angrily about the condition of the urban poor.
- Poor old Willy is an incurable romantic.
- We led a poor but happy enough existence as children.
- "My poor wife!" he said, remorsefully.
- Shares in the industry proved a poor investment.
- It's among the poorer countries of the world.
- Stores are getting desperate after two years of poor sales.
- Do you have any idea what it means to be poor?
- Too many poor people are living in overcrowded conditions.
- They looked poor and unhealthy.
- Even the poor have their pride.