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poor adjective

1. (person, country) pauvre (in en);

2. (quality, work, planning, weather, visibility) mauvais/-e (before n);
   (attendance) faible;

3. (deserving pity) pauvre (before n);
   ~ you! mon/ma pauvre!;

4. (attempt, excuse) piètre (before n).

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'poor' found in these entries:

English:

desperately - malfunction - weak - workmanship - writing

French:

bigleux - être - faible - insuffisance - malheureux - mauvais - médiocre - misérable - parent - pauvre - pauvresse - piètre - piteux - quelconque - vieux

poor: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
poor	adj	(lacking money)	pauvre adj
Many of us come from poor families.
Beaucoup d'entre nous viennent de familles pauvres.
poor	adj	(unsatisfactory)	médiocre adj
The boss is unhappy with my poor performance.
Le chef n'est pas content de ma médiocre performance.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
poor	adj	(pitiable, unfortunate)	modeste adj
From poor beginnings, the politician went far in life.
Bien que d'origine modeste, cet homme politique est allé loin dans la vie.
poor	adj	(lacking)	pauvre adj
This soil is poor in nutrients.
Ce sol est pauvre en nutriments.
the poor	npl	(poor people)	pauvres nmpl
The poor often don't have cars.
Les pauvres n'ont souvent pas de voiture.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
a poor		nm	un pauvre
be poor			être pauvre
dirt poor			être très pauvre
in poor health			en mauvaise santé
in poor taste			de mauvais goût
of poor quality			de mauvaise qualité
poor behavior (US)			comportement médiocre
poor behavior (US)			mauvais comportement
poor behavior (US)			piètre comportement
poor box		nm	tronc des pauvres
poor boy			pauvre garçon
poor cod		nm	poisson (poisson)
poor creature			pauvre créature
poor devil			pauvre diable
poor excuse			mince excuse
poor excuse			piètre excuse
poor farm			ferme pauvre
poor health			mauvaise santé
poor in spirit		adj	pusillanime
poor judgment			mauvais jugement
poor law			mauvaise loi
poor man			pauvre homme
poor man, poor woman		nmf	pauvre
poor person		nm	nécessiteux
poor person		nmf	pauvre
poor prognosis			mauvais pronostic
poor quality		nf	qualité médiocre
poor relation			mauvaise relation
poor relief			aide aux pauvres
poor reputation			mauvaise réputation
poor reputation			piètre réputation
poor taste			mauvais goût
poor timing			moment mal choisi
poor unfortunate			pauvre malheureux
poor white trash (US)			blanc pauvre du sud des USA
poor, the			pauvre, le
poor-feeding		nf	mauvaise alimentation
poor-law		nf	loi pour les pauvres
poor-law (GB)		nf	loi sur l'assistance aux pauvres
poor-sighted		adj	bigleux
the poor			le pauvre
the poor		nmpl	pauvres
the urban poor			les pauvres des villes
whip-poor-will (US)		nm	engoulevent
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "poor".

'poor grade'
a poor imitation of the printed page
a poor resource base
All this results in my poor final grades.
apologize for poor French
Canada could help the poor by using its influence
cash rich/time poor
dryland poor
find something distasteful / in poor taste
Firstly, I apologize for my poor french
FR: the poor - adjectives as nouns - grammaire
from poor relation to retail jaunt
He likes to help poor people.
He lives in poor conditions.
house poor
I am considered "poor"
increasingly poor health
inequality growing between the rich and the poor
Make poor choices
My first impression was very poor.
Only used by the poor
piss-poor
Please excuse my poor French
Please forgive me for my poor French.
poor attempt
poor baby!
poor concentration
poor conditions ?
poor correspondent
poor cousin
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