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poor [pʊər]1. adjectivea. ( = not rich) pauvre• he was £1,000 the poorer il avait perdu 1 000 livres• soil that is poor in zinc ( = lacking) un sol pauvre en zincb. ( = inferior) [sales, pay, harvest, output] maigre before n ; [work, worker, result, performance] piètre before n ; [light] faible ; [eyesight, visibility] mauvais ; [soil] pauvre ; [quality] médiocre• clients who have had poor service les clients qui ont eu à se plaindre de l'insuffisance du servicec. ( = pitiable) pauvre• poor little thing! pauvre petit(e) !• she's all alone, poor woman elle est toute seule, la pauvre• poor things, they look cold (inf) les pauvres, ils ont l'air d'avoir froid2. plural noun* * *[pɔː(r)], US [pʊər]1) ( not wealthy) [person, country] pauvre (never before n) (in en)to become ou get poorer — s'appauvrir
2) ( inferior) gen mauvais; [school, work] faible; [soil] pauvre; [appetite] petit; [chance, attendance] faibleto be poor at — [person] être faible en [maths, French]
3) ( deserving pity) pauvre4) (sorry, pathetic) [attempt, creature] pauvre; [excuse] piètre (before n)••
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