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poorest
We have found lemma(root) word of poorest : poor.
Definitions
[pʊə], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society
(e.g: they were too poor to afford a telephone)
- of a low or inferior standard or quality
(e.g: many people are eating a very poor diet)
- (of a person) deserving of pity or sympathy
(e.g: they enquired after poor Dorothy's broken hip)
Phrases:
- as poor as a church mouse
- poor little rich girl
- poor relation
- take a poor view of
- the poor man's —
Origin
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Middle English: from Old French poure, from Latin pauper
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