poor

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpʊər/, /ˈpɔːr/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/pʊr/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pŏŏr)

Inflections of 'poor' (adj):
poorer
adj comparative
poorest
adj superlative
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WordReference English-Romanian Dictionary © 2025:

Traduceri principale
EnglezăRomână
poor adj (lacking money)sărac adj.
 Many of us come from poor families.
 Mulți dintre noi provin din familii sărace.
poor adj (unsatisfactory)slab, prost adj.
 The boss is unhappy with my poor performance.
 Șeful este nemulțumit de performanțele mele slabe.
poor adj (pitiable, unfortunate)modest adj.
 From poor beginnings, the politician went far in life.
 Politicianul provenea dintr-o familie de origine modestă, dar a ajuns departe în viață.
poor at [sth] adj + prep (underachieving) (figurat)slab adj.
  nepregătit adj.
  incapabil adj.
 He is very poor at maths.
 Este foarte slab la matematică.
the poor npl (poor people)săraci s.m.pl.
 The poor often don't have cars.
 Săracii, de obicei, nu au mașini.
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Traduceri suplimentare
EnglezăRomână
poor adj (lacking)sărac adj.
  lipsit adj.
 This soil is poor in nutrients.
 Acest sol e sărac în substanțe hrănitoare.
 Acest sol e lipsit de substanțe hrănitoare.
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WordReference English-Romanian Dictionary © 2025:

Forme compuse:
EnglezăRomână
dirt poor,
dirt-poor
adj
mainly US, slang (poverty stricken)sărac lipit pământului expr.
  a trăi în mizerie, a fi lovit de sărăcie expr.
Notă: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun
 My family was dirt poor, but we always took care of our appearances.
in poor taste adv (in an ill-judged or offensive way)cu prost gust adv.
 The listeners found the remark in poor taste.
in poor taste adj (offensive)de prost gust adj.
 John's joke about his mother-in-law was in poor taste.
poor behavior (US),
poor behaviour (UK)
n
(bad conduct)proastă creștere s.f.
  mojicie s.f.
 The student was sent out of the class for poor behaviour.
poor box n (receptacle for charitable donations)cutie de donații s.f.
 People put coins into the poor box outside the church.
poor creature n informal (unfortunate person)biată creatură s.f.
 The poor creature stood in the pouring rain without a coat or umbrella.
poor excuse,
feeble excuse
n
(unconvincing attempt to justify)scuze jalnice s.f.
 He gave a poor excuse for his absence.
 Having a cold is a very poor excuse for missing five days of work.
poor health n (illness)sănătate precară s.f.
 She has been in poor health ever since she caught bird 'flu last year.
poor judgment,
also UK: poor judgement
n
(making bad decisions)slabă judecată s.f.
 Elizabeth Taylor had notoriously poor judgement when it came to men.
poor man n (man who lacks money)om sărac s.m.
 He was a poor man and had to ask for food at the local church in order to feed his child.
poor man n (man who is unfortunate)biet om s.m.
 That poor man has had nothing but bad luck.
poor prognosis n (prediction that illness will worsen)slabe șanse s.f.
  prognostic pesimist s.n.
 My uncle is in hospital with cancer. He has received a poor prognosis - they think he will die.
poor unfortunate n ([sb] wretched)nefericit s.m.
 That poor unfortunate lives under a bridge near the park.
poor unfortunate adj (wretched)nefericit adj.
  amărât adj.
 Those poor unfortunate children have nowhere to live.
poor boy,
poor-boy sandwich,
poorboy,
po'boy
n
US, regional (submarine sandwich)sandviș lung s.n.
white trash,
poor white trash
n
pejorative, offensive, informal, US (poor white people)sărăcimea albă s.f.
  (figurat)gunoi alb s.n.
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