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Word: Poor
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French poure, from Latin pauper
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pɔː
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pʊə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society
Short Definition:having little money
Examples:- they were too poor to afford a telephone
- the gap between the rich and the poor has widened
Definition:
of a low or inferior standard or quality
Short Definition:not good
Examples:- many people are eating a very poor diet
- her work was poor
Definition:
(of a person) deserving of pity or sympathy
Short Definition:deserving of pity or sympathy
Examples:- they enquired after poor Dorothy's broken hip
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