POOR — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
poor
Deserving or inciting pity.
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- A hapless victim.
- Miserable victims of war.
- The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy.
- Piteous appeals for help.
- Pitiable homeless children.
- A pitiful fate.
- Oh, you poor thing.
- His poor d.
Yielding little by great labor.
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- A hardscrabble farm.
- Poor soil.
Unsatisfactory.
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- A poor light for reading.
- Poor morale.
Low in degree.
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- Expectations were poor.
Having little money or few possessions.
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- Deplored the gap between rich and poor countries.
- The proverbial poor artist living in a garret.
Badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances.
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- A poor land.
- The area was poor in timber and coal.
- Food poor in nutritive value.
Characterized by or indicating lack of money.
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- The country had a poor economy.
Not sufficient to meet a need.
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- An inadequate income.
- A poor salary.
- Money is short.
- On short rations.
- Food is in short supply.
- Short on experience.
Moderate to inferior in quality.
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- They improved the quality from mediocre to above average.
- He would make a poor spy.
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