"poor" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

poor adjetivo

poor + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 536
poor condition • poor performance • poor country • poor health • poor quality • poor neighborhood • poor woman • poor girl • ...
verbo + poor
Kolokacji: 10
work poor • consider poor • born poor • grow poor • become poor • ...
adverbio + poor
Kolokacji: 41
relatively poor • extremely poor • generally poor • desperately poor • pretty poor • ...
(2) extremely, exceedingly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) pretty, fairly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 3
(5) wretchedly, miserably
Kolokacji: 2
(6) unexpectedly, surprisingly
Kolokacji: 2
1. unexpectedly poor = nadspodziewanie biedny unexpectedly poor
  • In the event the crop was an unexpectedly poor one and amounted to only 140 tons.
  • When the plans were ratified in 1997, the structure and fabric of the building were found to be in unexpectedly poor condition.
  • Analysts are predicting trouble for some stores, especially those going into the Christmas season with high inventories and unexpectedly poor sales.
  • Stardock was forced into layoffs due to the unexpectedly poor launch.
  • Although he has a month left, analysts said the unexpectedly poor results at the catalog division might have persuaded him to deliver a midterm report card.
  • On April 21, two weeks after he joined the company, he was told that sales would be unexpectedly poor for Novell's second quarter.
  • Prices of Treasury securities dipped in thin trading, after an unexpectedly poor auction of $8.5 billion worth of new five-year notes.
  • While the team tries to find a way to rebound from an unexpectedly poor start, Mourning will focus on his health.
  • His unexpectedly poor showing in Wisconsin forced him to withdraw as a candidate for the nomination.
  • The lack of resistance was fortunate for the Allies due to unexpectedly poor beach conditions.
2. surprisingly poor = zadziwiająco biedny surprisingly poor
poor + preposición
Kolokacji: 12
poor in • poor for • poor of • poor with • poor to • ...

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