ALL meanings of poorer
poor
P p - adjective poorer lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook. 1
- adjective poorer deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean. 1
- adjective poorer scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience. 1
- adjective poorer humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger. 1
- adjective poorer unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping. 1
- noun poorer (used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the): sympathy for the poor. 1
- idioms poorer poor as a church mouse, extremely poor. 1
- idioms poorer poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished. 1
- adjective poorer having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare. 1
- adjective poorer Law. dependent upon charity or public support. 1
- adjective poorer (of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds. 1
- adjective poorer characterized by or showing poverty. 1
- adjective poorer deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits. 1
- adjective poorer faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship. 1
- adjective poorer deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil. 1
- adjective poorer excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle. 1
- adjective poorer of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health. 1