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Discover LudwigThe phrase "awful poor" is correct and usable in written English, though it is considered informal and somewhat colloquial.
It can be used to describe a situation or condition that is very bad or lacking in quality, often in a regional dialect context.
Example: "The service at the restaurant was awful poor, and we left feeling disappointed."
Alternatives: "extremely poor" or "very bad".
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Awful poor weather conditions - and survive this, it's just really a miracle".
Do not tip your gamekeeper if you happen upon him in one of those awful poor people pubs he goes to.
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I thought, yes, I know, it's awful, the poor get shat on".
He put to us the awful caution: Poor little Tommy Jones We'll see him no more, For what he thought was H2O Was H2SO4.
But just because when a speaker is describing something distressing she makes all the right sorts of soothing sounds ('Oh, how awful! You poor thing! You must have been so angry/afraid/upset/shocked/etc'), this doesn't prove she has good empathy.
When Antigone enters, they immediately empathise, "o you poor awful child of poor awful Oidipous".
But there are an awful lot of poor people, and few firms competing for their savings.
"There are an awful lot of poor rates out there," he says.
American airports are generally fairly awful, so their poor performance in this survey is no great surprise.
But Wagner's worst sin was to allow his company to build boring cars with outmoded engines and transmissions, just awful interiors and poor fits and finish.
The sad fact is that there are an awful lot of poor children attending public school.
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