Poorer

adjective

Word Frequency: 5.1

Definitions

1.adjectiveWith no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.

"We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes."

2.adjectiveOf low quality.

"That was a poor performance."

3.adjectiveUsed to express pity.

"Oh you poor little thing."

4.adjectiveDeficient in a specified way.

"Cow's milk is poor in iron."

5.adjectiveInadequate, insufficient.

"I received a poor reward for all my hard work."

6.adjectiveFree from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.

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