Cheap and Poor

Cheap

Cheap adjective - Of low quality.
Usage example: a cheap sweater that started to unravel almost as soon as I bought it

Poor is a synonym for cheap in inferior topic. In some cases you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Cheap", when it comes to topics like quality, good, bad.

Nearby Words: cheapen, cheaply, cheapness

Poor

Poor adjective - Of low quality.
Usage example: the poor workmanship of the goods from that country

Cheap is a synonym for poor in quality topic. You can use "Cheap" instead an adjective "Poor", if it concerns topics such as good, bad.

Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

Both words in one sentence

  • Imported Alien Phlebotinum: Too cheap/poor/impatient/infrastructure-challenged to research new technology?
  • A10. When you are cheap or poor and space is huge, 1 single capital ship is rather useless in defending all your bases.
  • Homer and Marge met each other for the first time as kids on two neighbouring summer campsnote Although Homer was actually working at his camp, because his dad was too cheap/poor to pay to actually attend., but because of mistaken identity, didn't realize it until later.
    Source: Summer Campy
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