(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.
Underdeveloped
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The experience in Hungary should encourage physicians in other underdeveloped areas of the world to organize similar programs for the care of cancer in children.
(2) These data reject the possibility that albino central vision is similar to normal peripheral vision, but the results are predictable on the hypothesis that the central retina of albinos is a spatially magnified (underdeveloped) version of the normal fovea.
(3) The diagnosis of overriding mitral valve should be suspected in any patient with significant conotruncal anomalies and underdeveloped left ventricle, especially the patient with double outlet right ventricle, and in the patient with endocardial cushion defect, hypoplasia of the left ventricle, and obstructive anomalies of the aortic arch.
(4) The vascular anomaly, in turn, causes underdevelopment of optic nerve tissue and involvement of the bony orbit.
(5) Although the stapes, the interossicular joints, and the subarcuate fossae were slightly underdeveloped in the majority of cases, the other structures in the middle ear were almost normal.
(6) It is supposed that the changes in Thy 1 expression in nude animals are caused mainly by the underdevelopment of late developing brain regions due to thermoregulatory problems and other postnatal strains occurring in the mutants.
(7) Pathological changes of the placenta were more frequent than underdevelopment of the endometrium among the o.c.
(8) However, MDT is most unfortunately quite expensive and therefore inapplicable in most countries with high prevalence, since they are poor and underdeveloped.
(9) The design of this program, with its emphasis on teaching, may prove helpful for establishment of similar teaching programs in other medical disciplines in underdeveloped countries.
(10) None of the patients demonstrated sexual underdevelopment.
(11) It consisted of an underdeveloped humerus, a duplicated ulna, several carpal bones, a partially duplicated metacarpal bone and three digits with three hoofs.
(12) Postmortem findings include underdeveloped cerebellum, a thymus with moderate depletion of thymocytes, a large PDA, ASD, small adrenal, and fatty change of the liver.
(13) Three recommendations were derived from the symposium: (1) more complete and objective documentation of the impact of new technologies on the cost and outcomes of health services is urgently needed, (2) technical specifications for imaging instruments need better definition in terms of the medical problems to which they are applied, and (3) radiologists and radiologic societies in industrialized countries should support more generously the local training in radiology in underdeveloped countries.
(14) Deafness, cataract, muscular atrophy, skeletal abnormalities, retardation of growth, underdeveloped secondary sexual characteristics, and electrocardiographic abnormalities are the features of a new, probably hereditary syndrome.
(15) Ultrasound examination of the brain showed a very wide subarachnoid space and CT confirmed cerebral and cerebellar underdevelopment.
(16) Buhera is a relatively underdeveloped district, with health services provided by a district hospital, 2 rural hospitals, 12 health centers and 50 mobile clinics.
(17) The fact that this patient demonstrated an underdevelopment of the alveolar process in spite of the formation of almost normal crowns, is taken as evidence that the bone stimulating principle in tooth buds are not to be found in the enamel organ proper, but must be related to Hertwig's epithelial sheath, root development and tooth eruption.
(18) In a phenotypic (XY karyotype) eunuchoid female aged 24, external genitalia were represented by completely fused underdeveloped scrotolabial folds and a 1-cm-long phallus with phallic urethra.
(19) We believe that underdeveloped countries should develop clear programmes for the treatment of chronic renal failure and in addition initiate screening for renal diseases in the population so that early detection of renal disease, for instance in relation to urinary tract infection, can prevent progression to renal failure.
(20) Their flying car, Vaculik said, could eventually become a regular mode of transport for commuters and middle-distance travellers, especially in countries with underdeveloped road infrastructure.