English-Estonian translations for poor

• vaene
  Kambodža on endiselt väga vaene riik. Cambodia remains a very poor country.
  Vaene Barroso näeb välja, nagu ta oleks kummitust näinud! Poor old Barroso here looks like he has seen a ghost.
  Vaene euro, mis on Kreekas majandusvanglas lõksus! Poor Greece, trapped inside the economic prison of the euro!
• kehv
  Komisjoni ettepanek on väga kehv. The Commission's proposal is very poor.
  Samuti on mureks kehv haridustase. Poor levels of education are also a worry.
  Olete olnud väga kehv Euroopa eesistuja. Your European Presidency has been very poor.

Definition of poor

• With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them
• Of low quality
• Used to express pity.
• Deficient in a specified way
• Inadequate, insufficient
• Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek
• Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group

Synonyms

• arm

Examples

• We were so poor that we couldnt afford shoes
• That was a poor performance
• Oh you poor little thing
• Cows milk is poor in iron
• I received a poor reward for all my hard work
• The poor are always with us.

Related words

• poorly
• spoor
• whip-poor-will
• Whip-poor-will
• poorhouse
• poorer
• whippoorwill
• poorness
• poormouth