poor
US /pur/
adjective Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The poor quality of the fabric disappointed many of our customers.
Word Family
Synonyms
- impoverishedmake poor
- substandardfalling short of some prescribed norm
- inferiorone of lesser rank or station or quality
Collocations
- Easy poor customer service responsedescribing poor customer service response (people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group))
- Medium poor financial quarterly performancedescribing poor financial quarterly performance (people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group))
- Hard impoverished communities facing poor infrastructureto impoverished communities facing poor infrastructure, meaning to make poor
- Very Hard poor workman blames his toolsdescribing poor workman blames his tools (people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group))
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.