poorer

Adjective

poor (comparative poorer, superlative poorest)

1. With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
   • We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes.

   Synonyms:

   broke, impecunious, needy, almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic

   Antonyms:

   rich, wealthy

2. Of low quality.
   • That was a poor performance.

   Synonyms:

   cheap, inferior, low, sorry, ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC

   Antonyms:

   good

3. (attributive) Worthy of pity.
   • Oh, you poor thing, you're drenched!

   Synonyms:

   pitiable, pitisome, rueful, compassionate, pathetic, pathetisad, piteous, pitiful, sad, ruthful

4. Deficient in a specified way.
   • Cow's milk is poor in iron.

   Synonyms:

   absent, devoid of, void of, awanting, bereft of, deficient of, deprived of, destitute of, lacking, leer

   Antonyms:

   rich

5. Inadequate, insufficient.
   • I received a poor reward for all my hard work.

   Synonyms:

   dismal, meager, slender, awanting, deficient, exiguous, geason, inadequate, insufficient, lank

   Antonyms:

   adequate, decent

6. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
   • Blessed are the poor in spirit.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:3

   Synonyms:

   demure, modest, self-effacing, abased, diffident, humble, humble-hearted, low, lowly, meek

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