poor in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for poor in the English»French Dictionary

I.poor [Brit pɔː, pʊə, Am pʊr, pɔr] N

II.poor [Brit pɔː, pʊə, Am pʊr, pɔr] ADJ

2. poor never attr:

poor (of worker, factory)
piètre attr
poor soil
to be a poor sailor
I'm a poor traveller

III.poor [Brit pɔː, pʊə, Am pʊr, pɔr]

poor boy, poor boy sandwich N Am FOOD

poor mouth [ˈpɔː maʊθ, Am pʊər maʊθ] VB intr Am inf

poor in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for poor in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

I.poor [pʊəʳ, Am pʊr] ADJ

Translations for poor in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

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poor old France!
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poor Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be a poor excuse for sth
to be in poor health
to be a poor sailor
to take a poor view of sb/sth
as poor as a church mouse
to be from a poor family

poor Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
It indicates faulty transmission lines planning and poor utilisation.
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He and his assistants kept these in constant use, creating such a judder-ing racket that the poor painter was unable to concentrate on his pictures.
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Our poor maid picked up a tent pole and, despite her terror, managed to shoo the bull away.
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Teachers were often absent from class and moonlighting to make up for poor pay.
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Real volunteers to put his check in the strongbox for his poor performance at the challenge.
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The game was met with poor sales figures.
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Poor attendances reduced gate receipts by almost 5,000, though expenditure was cut by over 6,000.
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It also should be avoided by patients with peptic ulcer disease or poor kidney function, since this medication can worsen both conditions.
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At the same time, industrial relations in the organisation were poor, and the retention and recruitment of staff was difficult.
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Poor communications in the region have made it difficult to police.
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