poor
Example Sentences
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His father continued sending money home - $500 to $600 every month, which is a huge sum in the poor South Asia nation.
From BBC
I can accept a poor performance with the ball and mistakes are never a problem.
From BBC
But U.S. firms proved reluctant due to the company’s tarnished reputation, in addition to Congo’s poor infrastructure, limited skilled labor, resource nationalism and reputation for government corruption.
In the past, market discipline hasn’t always been enough to prevent private student lenders from partnering with schools with poor outcomes to offer arguably predatory loans often to low-income students.
From MarketWatch
Relief because the final weeks were desperately poor, but regret too because De Zerbi - a former ultra with immense passion - looked at times a perfect fit for the Mediterranean club.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.