Poor - English meaning

adjective

(of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree.

Usage examples:

His letter plunged her into abject misery

adjective

Extremely bad; appalling.

Usage examples:

The quality of her work is abysmal

adjective

Causing shock or dismay; horrific.

Usage examples:

The cat suffered appalling injuries during the attack

verb

Greatly dismay or horrify.

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Bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some ministers

adjective

Horrifyingly wicked.

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Atrocious cruelties

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The place smelled awful

adverb

Awfully; very.

Usage examples:

We're an awful long way from the motorway

adjective

Of poor quality or a low standard.

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A bad diet

adverb

Badly.

Usage examples:

He beat her up real bad

adjective

Unpleasant and causing difficulties

Usage examples:

Our holiday was spoiled by bad weather., we've just had some very bad news., watch out - he's in a …

adjective

Pitifully or deplorably meagre or bad.

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The stipend in 1522 was a beggarly 26 shillings

adjective

Small in amount and not at all generous

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The council voted to give the new project a beggarly amount of money., a poor and beggarly people

adjective

Imperfect or faulty.

Usage examples:

Complaints over defective goods

noun

Having mental disabilities.

adjective

Containing a fault, or not working correctly

Usage examples:

The company does not accept returns on any technology products unless they're defective or damaged.…

adjective

Not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient.

Usage examples:

This diet is deficient in vitamin b

adjective

Lacking or not good enough

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A diet that is deficient in protein is harmful to children.

adjective

Causing a mood of gloom or depression.

Usage examples:

The dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening

adjective

Dark and sad, without hope, or very bad

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The trip was a dismal failure.

adjective

Very bad

Usage examples:

In january, after a dismal holiday sales season, the retailer filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy prote…

adjective

Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious.

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There's been a dreadful accident

adjective

Very bad

Usage examples:

I realized i had committed a dreadful mistake.

adjective

Not working or made correctly; having defects.

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A faulty brake

adjective

Not working correctly, or not correct

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Faulty brakes, his arguments were based on faulty reasoning.

adjective

Not working correctly

Usage examples:

The company recalled over 500,000 cars last year because of a faulty connection in their new model.…

adjective

(especially of a person) unfortunate.

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The hapless victims of the disaster

adjective

Unlucky

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Hapless victims of the earthquake

adjective

Unlucky or certain to experience failure that cannot be avoided

adjective

→  ill-fated

adjective

Having little or no money.

Usage examples:

A titled but impecunious family

adjective

Having very little money

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The company suffered huge losses as its young, impecunious buyers failed to start to make payments …

adjective

Not perfect; faulty or incomplete.

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An imperfect grasp of english

noun

The imperfect tense.

adjective

Not perfect or not complete

Usage examples:

Our rule of law is still imperfect, but it’s better than having no laws at all., [ c ] investigator…

adjective

(of a person or area) made poor.

Usage examples:

Impoverished villages

verb

Make (a person or area) poor.

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The wars had impoverished him

adjective

Extremely poor

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An impoverished family

adjective

Poor; needy.

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A charity for the relief of indigent artists

noun

A needy person.

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Automatons, illiterates and indigents of every shape and size, don't stop but aid this cruel crusad…

adjective

Having no money or anything else of value

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An indigent family

adjective

Lower in rank, status, or quality.

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Schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country

noun

A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.

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Her social and intellectual inferiors

adjective

Of a bad quality or low level

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Expanding car ownership and low-grade gasoline have made traffic the leading source of air pollutio…

adjective

Not earning or paying much money

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Low-paid jobs/work/staff globalization has brought millions of unskilled, low-paid workers into the…

adjective

Having bad luck; unfortunate.

Usage examples:

An osprey seized the luckless fish with its talons

adjective

Used to describe someone who has a lot of bad luck

Usage examples:

The luckless defender, mark emery, sustained his third injury of the season.

adjective

Of only average quality; not very good.

Usage examples:

He is an enthusiastic if mediocre painter

adjective

Just acceptable but not good; not good enough

Usage examples:

The movie’s plot is predictable, the dialogue is second-rate, and the acting is mediocre., he urged…

adjective

Ordinary and not very good

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What advice would you give to mediocre companies that want to dramatically improve themselves?, med…

adjective

(of a person) lacking the necessities of life; needy.

Usage examples:

Dried milk was supplied to necessitous mothers

adjective

Necessary; requisite.

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A further word was needful

noun

What is necessary.

Usage examples:

I call upon the authorities to do the needful

adjective

Necessary

Usage examples:

We must not put them in more danger than is needful., they are needful of affection., notify your b…

adjective

(of a person) lacking the necessities of life; very poor.

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Needy and elderly people

adjective

Extremely poor; poverty-stricken.

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A penurious old tramp

adjective

Extremely poor

adjective

Deserving or arousing pity.

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The men were in a pitiable condition

adjective

→  pitiful

adjective

Deserving or arousing pity.

Usage examples:

Two children in a very pitiful state

adjective

Something described as pitiful is not considered to be satisfactory or deserving of respect

Usage examples:

The party is a pitiful example of an opposition party., i was pitifully ill-informed.

adjective

Extremely poor

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My grandparents arrived in this country as poverty-stricken immigrants.

adjective

Below the usual or required standard.

Usage examples:

Substandard housing

adjective

Below a satisfactory standard

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There’s plenty of substandard child care available.

adjective

Extremely bad or serious.

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A terrible crime

adjective

Having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky.

Usage examples:

There'd been an unfortunate accident

noun

A person who suffers bad fortune.

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Those unfortunates whose lives are marred by poverty

adjective

Not happy.

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An unhappy marriage

adjective

Not feeling pleasure or satisfaction

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It was an unhappy time of her life., they were unhappy about their hotel room (= did not like it) a…

adjective

Having, bringing, or resulting from bad luck.

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An unlucky defeat

adjective

Having or bringing bad luck

Usage examples:

For the unlucky people who get the flu, the health department advises: stay home!

adjective

Not satisfactory; not good enough.

Usage examples:

Years of living in unsatisfactory rented accommodation

adjective

(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.

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I felt so wretched because i thought i might never see you again

adjective

Unhappy or extremely sad

Usage examples:

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself., workers lived in w…