Analysis Complete

poor

/ poor /
adjective satellite/adjective

Definitions & Examples

adjective satellite Sense 1
unsatisfactory
"a poor light for reading"
"poor morale"
Similar:
bad
adjective satellite Sense 2
low in degree
"expectations were poor"
Similar:
low
adjective Sense 3
having little money or few possessions
"deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"
"the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
Similar:
broke bust skint stone-broke stony-broke destitute impoverished indigent
Opposites:
rich
See also:
underprivileged
adjective Sense 4
badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances
"a poor land"
"the area was poor in timber and coal"
"food poor in nutritive value"
Similar:
resourceless
Opposites:
rich
adjective Sense 5
characterized by or indicating lack of money
"the country had a poor economy"
Similar:
beggarly mean slummy
Opposites:
rich
adjective satellite Sense 6
yielding little by great labor
"a hardscrabble farm"
"poor soil"
Similar:
unfruitful
adjective satellite Sense 7
not sufficient to meet a need
"an inadequate income"
"a poor salary"
"money is short"
"on short rations"
"food is in short supply"
"short on experience"
Similar:
insufficient deficient
adjective satellite Sense 8
moderate to inferior in quality
"they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
"he would make a poor spy"
Similar:
inferior
adjective satellite Sense 9
deserving or inciting pity
"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"
Similar:
unfortunate
Semantic Complexity
72%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
19
Total Relationships
23
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

bad low broke bust skint stone-broke stony-broke destitute impoverished indigent rich resourceless