Betekenis van poor In het Nederlands

• 0 having little money and/or few possessions:

  • Most of the world's poorest countries are in Africa.

  • He came from a poor immigrant family.

  • Unfortunately, Iceland is poor in natural resources.

• 1 not good; being of a very low quality, quantity, or standard:

  • a poor harvest

  • Last year's exam results were fairly poor.

  • I was always very poor at maths at school.

  • Dad had been in poor health for several years.

  • At last month's meeting, attendance was poor.

• 2 deserving sympathy:

  • That cold sounds terrible, you poor thing!

  • Look at that dog - the poor thing only has three legs.

• 3 poor people considered together as a group:

  • housing for the poor

• 4 having little money or few possessions, or lacking something important:

  • He came from a poor, immigrant family.

  • Most of the world’s poorest countries are in Africa.

  • The country is poor in natural resources.

• 5 of a very low quality or standard; not good:

  • poor eyesight

  • poor grades

  • He’s in very poor health.

• 6 deserving sympathy:

  • That poor dog looks like it hasn’t been fed in a while.

• 7 poor people:

  • She gives a lot of money to the poor.

• 8 having little money and/or few possessions:

  • It's offering to pay off 10 percent of the poor countries' debt.

  • He came from a poor immigrant family.

• 9 not good or operating well, or of a low quality or standard:

  • The retailer has had two poor Christmases in a row.

  • PinnFund specialized in mortgage loans for borrowers with poor credit.

  • He was fired for poor job performance.

• 10 to have very little of a particular substance or quality:

  • Greece is relatively poor in natural resources.