poorest

Meaning of poorest

adjective, superlative adjective
  1. lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.
    they were too poor to afford a telephone
    the gap between the rich and the poor has widened
  2. of a low or inferior standard or quality.
    many people are eating a very poor diet
    her work was poor
  3. (of a person) deserving of pity or sympathy.
    they enquired after poor Dorothy's broken hip

Middle English: from Old French poure, from Latin pauper .

Information about poorest

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of poorest

poor-est

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • poorest is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

poorest synonyms

Meaning (of a person or area) made poor:

impoverished

Meaning (of a person) lacking the necessities of life; needy:

necessitous

Meaning poverty-stricken; very poor:

beggarly

Meaning extremely poor; poverty-stricken:

penurious

Meaning having little or no money:

impecunious

Meaning poor; needy:

indigent

Meaning (of a person) lacking the necessities of life; very poor:

needy

Meaning necessary; requisite:

needful

Meaning extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself:

destitute

Meaning (of a person) not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society:

underprivileged

Meaning suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits:

deprived

Meaning (of a person) having no money; very poor:

penniless

Meaning (of a person or organization) declared in law as unable to pay their debts:

bankrupt

Meaning a woman's chest as measured around her breasts:

bust

Meaning unable to pay debts owed:

insolvent

Meaning having completely run out of money:

broke

Meaning short of money:

strapped

Meaning (of a person) having little or no money available:

skint

Meaning make very poor; impoverish:

pauperized

Meaning reduce (someone) to poverty:

beggared

Meaning below the usual or required standard:

substandard

Meaning of poor quality or a low standard:

bad

Meaning not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient:

deficient

Meaning imperfect or faulty:

defective

Meaning not working or made correctly; having defects:

faulty

Meaning not perfect; faulty or incomplete:

imperfect

Meaning of low standard or quality:

inferior

Meaning of only average quality; not very good:

mediocre

Meaning (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree:

abject

Meaning very bad; awful:

appalling

Meaning extremely bad; appalling:

abysmal

Meaning of a very poor quality; extremely bad or unpleasant:

atrocious

Meaning very bad or unpleasant:

awful

Meaning extremely bad or serious:

terrible

Meaning pitifully or disgracefully bad:

dismal

Meaning extremely disagreeable:

dreadful

Meaning not satisfactory; not good enough:

unsatisfactory

Meaning badly made or done:

shoddy

Meaning in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined:

crude

Meaning having a displeasingly thin, metallic sound:

tinny

Meaning (especially of items of popular culture) of poor quality:

trashy

Meaning (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable:

miserable

Meaning (of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state:

wretched

Meaning failing to fulfil someone's hopes or expectations:

disappointing

Meaning (of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable:

lamentable

Meaning shockingly bad in quality:

deplorable

Meaning deserving or arousing pity:

pitiful, pitiable

Meaning lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose:

inadequate

Meaning not enough; inadequate:

insufficient

Meaning not satisfactory or allowable:

unacceptable

Meaning extremely bad or unpleasant:

execrable

Meaning very unpleasant, serious, or shocking:

frightful

Meaning dirty, unpleasant, or of poor quality:

crummy

Meaning extremely serious or urgent:

dire

Meaning of poor quality; bad or wrong:

bum

Meaning disgracefully bad or unpleasant:

diabolical

Meaning very bad:

rotten

Meaning feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy:

sad

Meaning worn and shabby; in poor condition:

tatty

Meaning of poor quality:

ropy

Meaning a flour pudding boiled or steamed in a cloth bag:

duff

Meaning very bad; worthless or useless:

rubbish

Meaning of poor quality and little value:

rubbishy

Meaning underpants or knickers:

pants

Meaning unpleasant and of poor quality:

grotty

Meaning extremely bad; dreadful:

direful

Meaning outstandingly bad; shocking:

egregious

Meaning extremely poor in quality:

crap

Meaning of extremely poor quality:

crappy

Meaning having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky:

unfortunate

Meaning having, bringing, or resulting from bad luck:

unlucky

Meaning having bad luck; unfortunate:

luckless

Meaning not happy:

unhappy

Meaning (especially of a person) unfortunate:

hapless

poorest antonyms

Meaning having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy:

rich

Meaning having a great deal of money, resources, or assets; rich:

wealthy

Meaning higher in rank, status, or quality:

superior

Meaning having, bringing, or resulting from good luck:

lucky

Anagrams of poorest

pooters, postero, stooper

Words that rhyme with poorest

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