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Poor

Poor meaning

With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. | Of low quality. | Worthy of pity.

Example sentences (20)

Pastures and rangelands were very poor to fair with most areas reporting poor to very poor grazing conditions.

Trump’s poor handling of the protests briefly distracted us from his poor handling of the pandemic which briefly distracted us from his overall poor performance as president.

If they are provided with adequate equipment and they are not performing, then we can say it was due to poor morale, poor welfare and poor motivation.

In a poor country like ours, digital wallets targeting the poor—being piloted and slowly taking off—can be game-changers in how poor people can be reached with social cash transfers.

No water, Poor internet, poor road quality, Pier Park overspend, poor sewage one man was in charge of that.

Adedeji explained that the internal challenges range from poor organisatioal skill to lack of knowledge of the business environment, to poor book keeping ability and lack of information on global trends as well as poor advertising and packaging skills.

By preaching the good news to the poor and even feeding the poor with material food our Lord Jesus Christ has proved to the world that He is the Saviour of the poor.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage really, really, really hates poor people, and recognizes the very clear logic that if only poor people would stop being poor, they wouldn’t need any government assistance.

I was born poor, I have lived poor, and I wish to die poor. citation.

Poor households exhibit lower levels of access: only 56% of poor households are connected to water house connections as opposed to 80% of non-poor households.

According to him, major challenges include poor market structure, low purchasing power of the populace, inaccessible land for production, high level of insecurity, lack or high cost of electricity power, and poor road infrastructure, among others.

Amidst the increase in temperature, the AQI has consistently remained either 'poor' or 'very poor'.

Being poor is not the crime; the continued punishment for being poor is the crime.

Corn condition rated 3% very poor, 9% poor, 39% fair, 42% good, and 7% excellent.

Does this law need to be changed so as not to punish poor people for being poor?

Fiji Muslim League head priest, Maulana Abdul Alim said giving Eidy (gift) to each other and giving out the Sadaqa al-Fitr to the poor and needy is what Muslim brothers and sisters should do so that poor families can celebrate Eid in happiness.

Going that route will be like going back to the dark ages when 95% of the people were poor and the 5% who were rich stole from the poor.

Last season fizzled out as the club missed out on a top half finish after a poor end to the campaign and a poor start to this season spelt the end of his reign.

Now, they are creating a wedge between the rich and the poor by saying they are going against the rich, while the truth is that the houses of poor people are being demolished.

Over the years, medical doctors in the country have complained about poor condition of service, lack of equipment to work with and poor state of the country’s medical facilities, among others.