poor
Because it is a word with a single syllable, poor is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofpoor
- (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.
Example: "The poor are always with us."
- With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
Example: "We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes."
- Of low quality.
Example: "That was a poor performance."
- Used to express pity.
Example: "Oh you poor little thing."
- Deficient in a specified way.
Example: "Cow's milk is poor in iron."
- Inadequate, insufficient.
Example: "I received a poor reward for all my hard work."
- Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
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