Sentence examples for to be poor from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

be poor contrary to

is to be poor

to be inappropriate

to be deficient

to be bad

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to be poor

verb

To exist; to have real existence.

synonyms

Exact(58)

It's expensive to be poor.

The New Yorker

"I'm ashamed to be poor.

The New York Times - Books

It is not enough to be poor.

The New York Times - Health

What is it like to be poor?

The New York Times

The likeness turned out to be poor.

The Economist

He used to be poor, he said.

The New York Times

Was he ashamed to be poor?

The Guardian - Film

Bath, meanwhile, seem to be poor starters.

The Guardian - Sport

They didn't need to be poor.

The Guardian - Books

They're not going to be poor.

The Guardian - Books

"He was utterly unafraid to be poor".

The New Yorker

More suggestions(17)

to be insufficient

to be inadequate

to be unfavourable

to be mediocre

to be substandard

to become poor

to be lousy

to be needy

to be inferior

to be wretched

to be pathetic

to be unsatisfactory

to be ineffective

to be low

to be indigent

to be ill

to be precarious

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