What's the difference between poor and spoor?

Poor


Definition:

  • (superl.) Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
  • (superl.) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
  • (superl.) Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected
  • (superl.) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.
  • (superl.) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.
  • (superl.) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.
  • (superl.) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.
  • (superl.) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
  • (superl.) Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
  • (superl.) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
  • (superl.) 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.
  • (superl.) Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
  • (n.) A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There was appreciable variation in toothbrush wear among subjects, some reducing their brush to a poor state in 2 weeks whereas with others the brush was rated as "good" after 10 weeks.
  • (2) However, medicines have an important part to play, and it is now generally agreed that for the very poor populations medicines should be restricted to those on an 'essential drugs list' and should be made available as cheaply as possible.
  • (3) Inadequate treatment, caused by a lack of drugs and poorly trained medical attendants, is also a major problem.
  • (4) Clonazepam was added to the treatment of patients with poorly controlled epilepsy in a double-blind trial and an open trial.
  • (5) "There is a serious risk that a deal will be agreed between rich countries and tax havens that would leave poor countries out in the cold.
  • (6) The dangers caused by PM10s was highlighted in the Rogers review of local authority regulatory services, published in 2007, which said poor air quality contributed to between 12,000 and 24,000 premature deaths each year.
  • (7) Maybe the world economy goes tits up again, only this time we punish the rich instead of the poor.
  • (8) Poor radioresponders of glioblastoma with CEA should be reoperated.
  • (9) Poor lipophilicity and extremely low plasma concentrations impose severe constraints.
  • (10) However, each of the studies had numerous methodological flaws which biased their results against finding a relationship: either their outcome measures had questionable validity, their research designs were inappropriate, or the statistical analyses were poorly conceived.
  • (11) Symptoms were poorly localized in all these IPS osteomyelitis patients.
  • (12) Prognosis of patients with these autonomic failures is poor.
  • (13) All patients in Stages I and II (5 out of 26) who developed metastases had poorly differentiated (histological Type III) tumours.
  • (14) This study provides strong and unexpected evidence that one admission to hospital of more than a week's duration or repeated admissions before the age of five years (in particular between six months and four years) are associated with an increased risk of behaviour disturbance and poor reading in adolescence.
  • (15) Patients were divided into two groups: poor outcome, defined by the death or a post-operative Karnofsky index less than or equal to 70 (n = 36), and good outcome defined by a Karnofsky index of 80 or more (n = 60).
  • (16) Improvement of its particularly poor prognosis requires therefore early screening based on reliable biological markers.
  • (17) It has a poor prognosis prior to the current combined treatment of surgical ablation, radiation to the surgical field, and chemotherapy for microscopic metastases.
  • (18) Photograph: AP Reasons for wavering • State relies on coal-fired electricity • Poor prospects for wind power • Conservative Democrat • Represents conservative district in conservative state and was elected on narrow margins Campaign support from fossil fuel interests in 2008 • $93,743 G K Butterfield (North Carolina) GK Butterfield, North Carolina.
  • (19) There were significant differences in the mean erythrocyte transketolase activity of the thiaminase excreting poor animals and the thiaminase free normal animals.
  • (20) In this material the ultrastructural details are very poorly preserved.

Spoor


Definition:

  • (n.) The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa.
  • (v. i.) To follow a spoor or trail.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Spoors says a number of these countries—for instance Switzerland, Luxembourg and Ireland—are responsible for the loopholes in the system and have an interest in protecting the status quo.
  • (2) While most countries feel the impact of tax avoidance, Oxfam Australia G20 coordinator Claire Spoors says it takes an especially profound toll on low-income countries.
  • (3) The median hearing thresholds as well as the 25 and 75 percentiles are worse in the present study compared with a sex and age matched non-noise-exposed reference group (Spoor and Passchier-Vermeer, 1969 International Audiology, 8, 328 336) and a screened otologically normal reference group (ISO, 7029).
  • (4) The committee believes that intake of natural U in water should be limited by considerations of toxicity to the kidney, and we believe that the metabolic model of Spoor and Hursh with a modified gastrointestinal (GI) absorption (1.4%) should be used to infer kidney content.
  • (5) Oxfam has been concerned that this is an OECD-G20 initiative that clearly leaves out the world’s poorest countries,” Spoors says.
  • (6) Two amputated lower legs were analyzed kinematically, according to Van Langelaan and Spoor's photogrammetric method; dynamically, by measuring moments (M) and recording vertical tibial translations (S); and finally by comparing the stepwise and continuous supination and pronation of one specimen (female 29).
  • (7) Many developing countries are likely to be cut out of that exchange because they do not have the capacity to ensure the confidentiality that is being prescribed,” Spoors says.
  • (8) Allowance for age and sex was made by using the presbyacusis values of SPOOR as the reference.
  • (9) Spoors said the recent leaked tax documents showing how thousands of major companies were legally minimising tax through tax deals involving Luxembourg proved that public reporting of country by country profits would be a much more effective deterrent.
  • (10) Claire Spoors, the G20 coordinator for Oxfam, said the leaked tax documents proved why public reporting of country by country profits would be much a more effective deterrent.
  • (11) They followed the oil rig's mashed-up trail, the rainbow-filmed liquid spoor, the tripod crater prints.
  • (12) But Spoors says developing countries need more than words from the G20: “There are 15 proposals in the BEPS project, and seven of them have been decided on in Cairns.
  • (13) Financial institutions and many other G20 governments do recognise the issue as a threat to growth and among them is next year’s host, Turkey,” said Oxfam spokeswoman Claire Spoors.
  • (14) Claire Spoors, the G20 coordinator for Oxfam, said the recent leaked tax documents showing how thousands of major companies were legally minimising tax through tax deals involving Luxembourg proved that public reporting of country by country profits would be much a more effective deterrent.

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