If it were not for great books, our lives would be much the poorer.
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Poorer
Synonyms for "poorer" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (3)
Adjective(2 words)
inferiorinferior product
Determiner(1 words)
less affluent society
Related words (5)
Adjective(5 words)
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More general
1 entriescomparative adjective
More specific
6 entriespoorer durabilitypoorer healthpoorer householdspoorer living standardspoorer reliabilitypoorer workmanship
Collocations
5 entriespoorer healthpoorer householdspoorer living standardspoorer outcomespoorer regions
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Today's school does no poorer a job than it used to.
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The older we grow, the poorer our memory becomes.
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From year to year they were growing poorer.
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