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Results for: "poor"

Translating from English to Swedish

Translations:

poor — with few or no possessions or money
→ fattig
→ arm
poor — poor people collectively
→ fattig c
poor — of low quality
→ usel
→ eländig
→ dålig

More translations:

poor
→ fattig
poor
→ dålig, skral, klen
poor
→ stackars

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 1

  1. people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

    • “the urban poor need assistance”
    Synonymspoor people

ADJECTIVE 6

  1. deserving or inciting pity

    • “a hapless victim”
    • “miserable victims of war”
    • “the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy”
    • “piteous appeals for help”
    • “pitiable homeless children”
    • “a pitiful fate”
    • “Oh, you poor thing”
    • “his poor distorted limbs”
    • “a wretched life”
    Synonymshaplessmiserablemisfortunatepatheticpiteouspitiablepitifulwretched

  2. having little money or few possessions

    • “deplored the gap between rich and poor countries”
    • “the proverbial poor artist living in a garret”

  3. characterized by or indicating poverty

    • “the country had a poor economy”
    • “they lived in the poor section of town”
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  1. lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances

    • “a poor land”
    • “the area was poor in timber and coal”
    • “food poor in nutritive value”

  2. not sufficient to meet a need

    • “an inadequate income”
    • “a poor salary”
    • “money is short”
    • “on short rations”
    • “food is in short supply”
    • “short on experience”
    Synonymsinadequateshort

  3. unsatisfactory

    • “a poor light for reading”
    • “poor morale”
    • “expectations were poor”