poor
US: /ˈpuɹ/
UK: /pˈɔː/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
poor /puə/- tính từ
- nghèo, bần cùng
- xấu, tồi, kém, yếu
- poor soil: đất xấu
- to be poor at mathematics: kém toán
- thô thiển
- in my poor opinion: theo thiển ý của tôi
- đáng thương, tội nghiệp
- đáng khinh, tầm thường, không đáng kể
- hèn nhát, hèn hạ
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective (poorer, poorest)having little money
1 having very little money; not having enough money for basic needs: They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids. + We aim to help the poorest families. + It's among the poorer countries of the world.
Antonym: RICH
2 (the poor) noun [pl.] people who have very little money: They provided food and shelter for the poor.
Antonym: RICH
unfortunate
3 [only before noun] (especially spoken) deserving pity and sympathy: Have you heard about poor old Harry? His wife's left him. + It's hungry-the poor little thing. + 'I have stacks of homework to do.' 'Oh, you poor thing.'
not good
4 not good; of a quality that is low or lower than expected: the party's poor performance in the election + to be in poor health / condition + It was raining heavily and visibility was poor. + poor food / light / soil + to have a poor opinion of sb (= to not think well of sb)
5 (of a person) not good or skilled at sth: a poor swimmer + a poor judge of character + She's a good teacher but a poor manager. + a poor sailor (= sb who easily gets sick at sea)
having little of sth
6 ~ in sth having very small amounts of sth: a country poor in natural resources + soil poor in nutrients
Antonym: RICH
Idioms
be / come a poor second, third, etc. (especially BrE) to finish a long way behind the winner in a race, competition, etc.
the poor man's sb / sth a person or thing that is similar to but of a lower quality than a particular famous person or thing: Sparkling white wine is the poor man's champagne.
more at ACCOUNT n.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 needy, destitute, indigent, in want, in need, penniless, poverty-stricken, impoverished, badly off, necessitous, poor as a church-mouse, straitened, pinched, in reduced circumstances, impecunious, financially embarrassed, down and out, out of pocket, ruined, insolvent, bankrupt, Colloq broke, hard up, on one's uppers, short, US wiped out, Brit in Queer Street, Slang Brit skint:
They were poor and didn't know where their next meal was coming from
2 low, bad, skimpy, meagre, scant, scanty, inadequate, deficient, insufficient, sparse:
How can a family of five survive on such a poor salary? These days, 3 per cent would be considered a poor return on investment
3 barren, unproductive, unfruitful, fruitless, infertile, sterile; depleted, exhausted, impoverished:
This is poor soil, and no amount of cultivation is likely to make it productive
4 bad, awful, inadequate, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, bumbling, inefficient, amateurish, unprofessional, inferior, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, shabby, shoddy, mediocre, defective, faulty, flawed, substandard, sorry, not up to par or snuff, slipshod, below or under par, Colloq rotten, lousy:
They did a poor job repairing my car. Her latest recital was pretty poor.
5 insignificant, slight, paltry, inconsequential, mean, modest, trivial, trifling:
They made only a poor attempt to correct the problem.
6 unfortunate, unlucky, pathetic, luckless, pitiful, pitiable, ill-fated, miserable, wretched, ill-starred, star-crossed, jinxed, hapless:
The poor chap lost his entire family in the disaster.
7 bad, ill:
Aunt Theresa has been in poor health lately.
Concise dictionary
poorer|poorestpʊr /pʊənoun
+people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
adj.
+deserving or inciting pity
+having little money or few possessions
+characterized by or indicating poverty
+lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances
+not sufficient to meet a need
+unsatisfactory
