poor

English - Turkish

Definition of poor in English Turkish dictionary

{s} kötü

Onun görme kabiliyeti kötü. - He has poor eyesight.

Su yokluğu nedeniyle kötü hasat hasat yaptık. - We had a poor harvest because of the lack of water.

Fakir olmayı zengin olmaya tercih ederim. - I prefer being poor to being rich.

Fakir, çok az şeye sahip olan değildir fakat çok isteyendir. - Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.

yoksul

O, yoksul insanlar için pek çok şey yaptı. - He has done many things for poor people.

Belgesel, yoksulların durumu hakkında bilinçlendirmek demektir. - The documentary is meant to raise consciousness about the plight of the poor.

zavallı

Zavallı Tom şu an üç saattir uyumaya çalışıyor. - Poor Tom's been trying to get to sleep for three hours now.

Zavallı köpeğe acıdım. - I felt for the poor dog.

{s} zayıf (az)

Olağandışı düşük ısılar bu yıl düşük kaliteli pirinç hasatından sorumlu tutulmaktadır. - Unusually low temperatures account for the poor rice crop this year.

kısır

verimsiz

Verimsiz bir pirinç hasadı başımızı belaya sokacaktır. - A poor rice harvest will get us into real trouble.

yetersiz

Aşırı çalışma ve yetersiz yemeklerden dolayı, o hastalandı. - What with overwork and poor meals, she fell ill.

Bazı fakir bölgelerde beslenme yetersiz. - Nutrition is inadequate in some poor areas.

talihsiz

sağlıksız

Muhtemelen uyuşturucu kullanıyorsunuz. Bu sizi daha sağlıksız yapar. - You probably smoke drugs. It makes you poorer.

bayağı

şansız

adi

zayıf

Zayıf görme bir atlet için bir engeldir. - Poor sight is a handicap to an athlete.

Korkarım benim derinlik algım çok zayıf. - I'm afraid my depth perception is very poor.

{s} kötü, beklenen düzeyde olmayan. i

{s} zavallı, biçare

{s} düşkün

rahatsız i

{s} fena

poor farm fakirlere iş bulunan ve bakılan kurum

kuru

Yoksul bir adamın oğlu olan Dan, bir üniversite eğitiminin hayalini kuruyordu. - Dan, the son of a poor man, dreamed of a university education.

sıhhati bozuk

{i} garip

Bir profesyonele göre, bugünkü oyunda kendisiyle ilgili garip bir açıklama yaptı. - For a professional, he gave a poor account of himself in today's game.

{s} sefil

Yoksul İrlandalı şimdi yapayalnız bırakıldı ve diğerlerinin nereye gittiğini bilmiyordu, bu yüzden, o sadece çok üzgün ve sefil bir şekilde olduğu yerde kaldı. - The poor Irishman was now left all alone, and did not know where the others had gone to, so he just stayed where he was, very sad and miserable.

{s} kuvvetsiz

{s} çorak

the ile fakir fukara

{s} naçizane

{s} perişan

miskin

beli bükük

fakir olmak

beklenen düzeyde olmayan

poor acceleration

yetersiz hızlanma

poor attention span

kısa dikkat süresi

poor bearing soil

(İnşaat) zayıf zemin

poor bearing stratum

(İnşaat) zayıf katman

(Denizbilim) tavuk balığı

poor countries

(Ticaret) yoksul ülkeler

poor country

fakir ülke

poor credit history

(Ticaret) kötü kredi geçmişi

(Endüstri) fakir gaz

(Askeri) bakımsız

(Otomotiv) kararsız rölanti

poor image

(Politika, Siyaset) olumsuz imaj

poor kid

çocukcağız

poor laws

(Ticaret) yoksulları koruma kanunu

poor laws

(Ticaret) yoksul yasaları

poor little thing

(Madencilik) fakir cevher

(İnşaat) kötü nitelikler

poor quality

(Ticaret) düşük kaliteli

(Otomotiv) zayıf silme

(Ticaret) düşük verim

poor you

zavallıcık (birine hitaben)

poor boy

zavallı çocuk

Zavallı çocuk araba tarafından yere yıkıldı. - The poor boy was knocked down by a car.

Zavallı çocuklar korkudan titriyorlardı. - The poor boys were shivering with fear.

yoksulları koruma kanunu

poor as a church mouse

Medine fukarası, çok fakir

Hazımsızlık, kötü hazım

poor down in sheets

(deyim) Yağmur bardaktan boşanırcasına yağmak

kötü hat, bozuk hat, uğultulu hat

Seni zavallı! Senin zavallılığın!

(İnşaat) düşük dozlu beton

poor debtor's oath

fakir borçlunun yemini

fakirleri koruma yasası

poor law

fakirlere yardım yasası

(Gıda) düşük işçilik

poor workmanship

(Gıda) niteliksiz işçilik

Tom'un yetersiz uyuması şaşılacak bir şey değil; o, günde on iki fincana kadar kahve içer. - It's no wonder Tom's sleeping poorly; he drinks up to twelve cups of coffee a day.

Tom yetersiz eğitimliydi. - Tom is poorly educated.

{s} keyifsiz

{f} yetersiz olarak

poorly

kötü

Çok kötü bir şekilde Fransızca konuşuyorum. - I speak French very poorly.

Tom testte kötü şekilde yaptı. - Tom did poorly on the test.

poorness

verimsizlik

got a poor response

zayıf tepki aldı

got a poor response

Avrupa Birliği'nin en yoksul ülkesi, Amerika Birleşik Devletlerindeki en yoksul eyaletten daha mı yoksuldur? - Is the poorest country in the European Union poorer than the poorest state in the United States?

Savaş, sen kazansan bile, seni daha yoksul ve daha güçsüz yapar. - War makes you poorer and weaker, even if you win.

{f} daha yoksul

Savaş, sen kazansan bile, seni daha yoksul ve daha güçsüz yapar. - War makes you poorer and weaker, even if you win.

poorest

en yoksul

Avrupa Birliği'ndeki en yoksul ülke hangisidir? - What is the poorest country in the European Union?

Afrika en yoksul kıtadır. - Africa is the poorest continent.

poorly

hasta

Sağlıklı bir kişi kötü muayene edilmiş hasta bir kişidir. - A healthy person is a poorly examined sick person.

The poor are slighted the rich are courted

(Atasözü) Fukarayı bir kahve ile savarsın, zengine ne ikram edem şaşarsın

as poor as

kadar fakir

as poor as a church mouse

Çok fakir, beş parasız

care home for old age and poor people

yaşlı ve düşkünler yurdu

cheap meat yields poor soup

(Atasözü) Ucuz etin yahnisi yavan olur

in low/poor spirits

neşesiz, keyifsiz, üzgün, mutsuz

Yoksullardan yana olan

the deserving poor

muhtaç olan kişi

the poor

fakirler

Zenginlerin fakirleri hor görme eğilimleri vardır. - The rich are apt to look down upon the poor.

Bu ülkede adalet biraz çifte standartlıdır: fakirlerin adaleti ve zenginlerin adaleti. - Justice in this country is a bit of a double standard: there is the justice of the poor and the justice of the rich.

{s} rahatsız

z. kötü bir şekilde; başarısızlıkla

{i} yetersizlik

yetersizlik/yoksulluk

{i} yoksulluk

{i} fukara

{i} fakir fukara

fukara babası one who helps

the poor

yoksullar

English - English

Definition of poor in English English dictionary: With little or no possessions or money
We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes.; inadequate, insufficient
I received a poor reward for all my hard work.; Deficient in a specified way
Cow's milk is poor in iron.; Of low quality
That was a poor performance.; To be pitied
Oh you poor little thing.; Those people as a group who have little or no possessions or money. (see usage notes)
The poor are always with us.; {a} lean, indigent, mean, paltry, unhappy; {n} a small fish considered as a nusance; Those people as a group who have no possessions or money; The people in a poor country or area have very little money and few possessions. Many countries in the Third World are as poor as they have ever been. a settlement house for children in a poor neighborhood. rich; Heavy degree of loss to yield potential which can be caused by excess soil moisture, drought, disease, etc Pastures are providing only marginal feed for the current time of year Some supplemental feeding is required to maintain livestock condition; yielding little by great labor; "a hardscrabble farm"; "poor soil"; not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"; You use poor to describe someone who is not very skilful in a particular activity. He was a poor actor Hospitals are poor at collecting information. + poorly poor·ly That is the fact of Hungarian football -- they can play very well or very poorly; having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the (Atasözü)ial poor artist living in a garret"; A person who lives below the poverty line with insufficient access to economic resources to acquire enough commodities to meet basic needs (basket of goods that satisfy basic needs, health, education, social services, infrastructure, political enfranchisement, insurance against economic risk); deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"; Poor describes a book that is sufficiently worn that its only merit is as a Reading Copy because it does have the complete text, which must be legible Any missing maps or plates should still be noted This copy may be soiled, scuffed, stained or spotted and may have loose joints, hinges, pages, etc (AB Bookman); Worthy of pity or sympathy; used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt; unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; feelings You use poor to express your sympathy for someone. I feel sorry for that poor child Poor chap -- he was killed in an air crash; unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale" low in degree; "expectations were poor" having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the (Atasözü)ial poor artist living in a garret" badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value" characterized by or indicating lack of money; "the country had a poor economy; Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits; Major and minor parts replaced; major replacement parts required and extensive restoration needed; metal deeply pitted; principal lettering, numerals, and design obliterated; wood badly scratched, bruised, cracked, or broken; mechanically inoperative; generally undesirable as a collector's firearm; {s} indigent, poor; miserable, woeful; wretched, pitiable; deficient, lacking; Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse; characterized by or indicating lack of money; "the country had a poor economy; Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night; Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; said of land; as, poor soil; Badly worn, rusty and battered, perhaps requiring major adjustment or repairs to place in operating condition; If you describe an amount, rate, or number as poor, you mean that it is less than expected or less than is considered reasonable. poor wages and working conditions. + poorly poor·ly During the first week, the evening meetings were poorly attended = badly; describes a book that is sufficiently worn that its only merit is as a Reading Copy because it does have the complete text, which must be legible Any missing maps or plates should still be noted This copy may be soiled, scuffed, stained or spotted and may have loose joints, hinges, pages, etc; Someone who is poor has very little money and few possessions. The reason our schools cannot afford better teachers is because people here are poor He was one of thirteen children from a poor family. rich The poor are people who are poor. Even the poor have their pride; So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public; - A worn, torn, damage example Crumpled and worn corners Tape, countless pinholes, water stains, writing, brittleness, pieces of chips missing, heavily soiled etc , to be expected in this grade Pieces could be missing that render the example incomplete Typically a filler-copy only; Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent; {i} people who live in poverty, indigents; If something is poor in a particular quality or substance, it contains very little of the quality or substance. soil that is poor in zinc; A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); called also power cod; low in degree; "expectations were poor"; moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor spy"; A coin that exhibits considerable wear, certainly with milled coinage of no value to a collector unless it is an extremely rare date or variety; If you describe something as poor, you mean that it is of a low quality or standard or that it is in bad condition. The flat was in a poor state of repair The wine was poor. + poorly poor·ly Some are living in poorly built dormitories, even in tents; Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings; Antony of Padua, Lawrence; Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture; badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"; not having wealth, as in: The family was poor, but they seemed happy; Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek; Qualifies a coffee of really common flavor; Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc; characterized by or indicating lack of money; "the country had a poor economy"; Describes a book that is really quite worn It may be soiled, scuffed, stained or spotted and may have loose joints, hinges, pages, etc However, unless otherwise noted, it will have the complete text, including maps or plates; indigent; disadvantaged; pooer; beggarly; shan
poor as a church mouse: Very poor to a point of starving or begging
She was an Eastern Virginia woman, and, although poor as a church mouse, thought herself superior to West Virginia people.
poor box: A locked box with a slot for depositing coins into, usually placed in churches to accept donations for the needy
poor boxes: plural form of poor box
poor boy: A submarine sandwich
poor boys: plural form of poor boy
poor man's: Cheaper than, simpler than, or inferior to another identified thing or person; often used to describe a free or cheap alternative to a commodity
Much as the creators of Usenet called it “the poor man's ARPANET,” bulletin boards were a poor man's FTP:.
poor man's Tiffany: Alternative name of carnival glass
poor man's copyright: The practice of mailing a sealed, dated copy of one's work to oneself as a proof of copyright ownership, rather than registering with a copyright office
poor man's latte: An americano to which the purchaser adds a large amount of cream to simulate a latte to save money
poor man's lattes: plural form of poor man's latte
poor man's pizza: A snack resembling pizza but made with cheaper or simpler ingredients, such as bread instead of dough and tomato soup instead of pizza sauce
poor man's steak: bread dipped in gravy
poor man's steak: fried meatloaf
poor power: Limited ability
Heavy as was her burden, not one feather's weight of it should he carry, if by any means in her poor power she could hold it from his back.
poor show: Used to express disapproval or dissatisfaction
poor sport: someone who exhibits improper behaviour during a game, whether winning or losing
poor sport: someone who cannot take a joke
poor white trash: an extension of white trash
Poor Richard's Almanac: {i} almanac published by Benjamin Franklin (who adopted the pen name "Poor Richard") which appeared successively from 1732 to 1757
poor as a church mouse: extremely poor, having no money at all
poor at figures: not skilled in mathematics, not adept in arithmetic
poor box: box for collecting alms, especially one in a church
poor box: A box, such as one to be found in a church, used for collecting alms
poor boy: a sandwich made with a long bread roll - used especially in the southern US = submarine sandwich
poor condition: bad condition, terrible state, awful position
poor creature: someone who deserves pity, animal that deserves pity
poor devil: someone you feel sorry for
poor farm: A farm that houses, supports, and employs the poor at public expense
poor figure: pitiful person
poor health: bad health
poor in deeds: doesn't do much, has not accomplished a lot
poor law: A law or system of laws providing for public relief and support of the poor. In British history, a body of laws undertaking to provide relief for the poor, developed in 16th-century England and maintained, with various changes, until after World War II. The original laws provided relief, including care for the elderly, sick, and infant poor as well as work for the able-bodied through local parishes. Their scope was curtailed in the 1830s, when poverty among the able-bodied was considered a moral failing. The new law provided no relief for the able-bodied poor except employment in the workhouse, with the object of stimulating workers to seek regular employment rather than charity. In the 1930s and '40s the Poor Laws were replaced by a comprehensive system of public welfare services
poor law: a law providing support for the poor
poor man's lamb: last expensive or luxurious possession that a man has left
poor payments morality: state of not fulfilling financial commitments
poor people: people who live in poverty; pitiful people, wretched souls, miserable people
poor performance: poor execution (of a task); bad performance (of a role)
poor person: a person with few or no possessions
poor quality: not very good quality
poor rates: a local tax for the relief of the poor
poor relation: If you describe one thing as a poor relation of another, you mean that it is similar to or part of the other thing, but is considered to be inferior to it. Watercolour still seems somehow to be the poor relation of oil painting
poor rhyming: rhymed words which do not match exactly in their syllables and intonation
poor soil: soil that is not good for growing plants, soil that is not fertile
poor soul: have pity on him, miserable wretch
poor speaker: person who does not speak well in front of an audience, boring speaker
poor sport: one who is not gracious or sportsman-like
poor thing: someone who deserves pity, animal that deserves pity
poor visibility: conditions that make it difficult to see clearly (fog, rain, etc.)
poor white: A member of a class of low-income white farmers and laborers, especially in the southern United States
court poor box: System used informally in lower Irish courts, where a defendant can be directed to make a donation to charity in lieu of conviction
dirt poor: In poverty; living in impoverished conditions
dirt-poor: Having, or being able to provide, very few of the basic needs of life; very poor
A few years ago it was a dirt-poor outpost populated by rural migrants. - A critical election for the best dressed man in Turkey, The Week, 4 August 2007, 625, 16.
fuel-poor: Unable to keep one's dwelling adequately warm at a reasonable cost
house poor: In financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income
metal-poor: Having a relatively low metal content
piss-poor: Reflecting a low standard of workmanship or achievement; very inferior
Rod Pritchard, who owns a farm equipment business in Eastern Ontario, says the Liberal government has done a “piss poor” job explaining the harmonized tax.
poorly: ill, unwell, sick
poorly: {a} rather indisposed, indifferent, ill
poorly: {a} without spirit, meanly, indifferently
poorness: {n} poverty, want, meanness, barrenness
in poor taste: (deyim) Lacking aesthetic or social taste, tasteless
Poorly: poureliche
poorer: More poor
poorest: the lowest rank; "bottom member of the class"
poorest: Superlative form of poor; most poor
poorly: If someone is poorly, they are ill. I've just phoned Julie and she's still poorly. see also poor. ill
poorly: awfully, horribly, miserably
poorly: {s} ill, sick, in poor health
poorly: in a poor manner
poorly: In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly
poorly: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan"
poorly: Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health
poorly: Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly
poorly: somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"
poorly: Meanly; without spirit
poorly: With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business
poorness: less than adequate; "the relative poorness of New England farmland
poorness: {i} state of lacking money, indigence
poorness: poverty
poorness: The quality of being poor
poorness: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
poorness: the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
poorness: less than adequate; "the relative poorness of New England farmland"
poorness: The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective)
poorness: the quality of being poorly made or maintained; "she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography"
poorness: the quality of being poorly made or maintained; "she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography" less than adequate; "the relative poorness of New England farmland
the poor: {i} people who live in poverty, indigents

poor

Turkish pronunciation

pûr

Synonyms

impoverished, wealthless, arm, inferior, pitiable, bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball, broke, destitute, dirt poor, down-and-out, empty-handed

Antonyms

rich, affluent, wealthy, adequate, sufficient, superior, fertile, potent, strong, fortunate, great, happy, lucky

Pronunciation

/ˈpo͝or/ /ˈpʊr/

Etymology

[ pur, pOr ] (adjective.) 13th century. From Middle English povre, povere from Old French povre, poure (Modern French: pauvre), from Latin pauper from Old Latin *pavo-pars (“getting little”) from Proto-Indo-European *pau- (“smallness”). Cognate with Old English fēawa "little, few". Displaced native Middle English earm, arm "poor" (from Old English earm "poor"; See arm), Middle English wantsum, wantsome "poor, needy" (from Old Norse vant "deficiency, lack, want"), Middle English unlede "poor" (from Old English unlǣde, Middle English unweli, unwely "poor, unwealthy" (from Old English un- + weliġ "well-to-do, prosperous, rich").