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fuel-poor

fuel-poor adjective: unable to keep one's dwelling adequately warm at a reasonable cost.

Adjective

fuel-poor (comparative more fuel-poor, superlative most fuel-poor)

  1. (Ireland, New Zealand, UK) Unable to keep one's dwelling adequately warm at a reasonable cost.

Forms of fuel-poor

comparativemore fuel-poor
superlativemost fuel-poor

Questions about fuel-poor

What does fuel-poor mean?
Fuel-poor means unable to keep one's dwelling adequately warm at a reasonable cost.
What part of speech is fuel-poor?
Fuel-poor is an adjective.

Words near fuel-poor in the dictionary

  1. fuel suppliers
  2. fuel tank
  3. fuel tanks
  4. fuel tourism
  5. fuel up
  6. fuel-poor
  7. fuelbreak
  8. fuelbreaks
  9. fueldraulic
  10. fueled
  11. fueled up

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