poorness
贫穷,贫困,穷困,穷困潦倒
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Definitions
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poor·er, poor·est.
- : having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- : Law. dependent upon charity or public support.
- : meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.
- : characterized by or showing poverty.
- : deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.
- : faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.
- : lacking abundance or productivity: poor soil.
- : excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.
- : of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.
- : lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.
- : deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.
- : scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.
- : humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.
- : unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.
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Usually the poor .
- : poor persons collectively: sympathy for the poor.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
He was dwelling on his mistakes, replaying poor routes or missed assignments in his head on a loop.
Like Westbrook, his poor outside shooting will hamper his ability to age gracefully.
They found that underspecification was to blame for poor performance in all of them.
This could be especially important for Congress, considering most Americans have a poor opinion of it.
The lawsuits made it hard, if not impossible, for poor people to make ends meet.
There the poorness of the plant itself, no less than the peculiar use of it, shows plainly what a stranger it is.
It was a poor-looking little house, and its poorness had extended to its surroundings—as if poverty was a contagion that spread.
The struggle after so-called delicacies comes from the poorness of common things.
It is, of course, in the endeavor to counteract the poorness of the light that so long an exposure is frequently given.
I knew the state of Spain well—his weakness, his poorness, his humbleness at this time.