poorer
- 1Comparative of poor.
The southern region remained poorer than the industrial north for decades.
Critics felt her second novel was poorer in structure than her debut.
Note
Short adjectives like poor take the -er ending rather than more, and this comparative carries most of the base word's range with it. It compares money (poorer than the north), quality (a poorer harvest), and, with in, a lack in some named respect (poorer in structure, poorer in vitamins). The pitying poor of a poor fellow, used only before a noun, does not compare naturally.
poorer is a form of poor
poor, adjective: Having little or no money or property, especially compared with others in the same society who have more. Full entry
- Spelling
- poor → poorer: add -er
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