Despicable
Despicable adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).
Usage example: a despicable attempt at making a movie comedy
Poor and despicable are semantically related. in contemptible topic. In some cases you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Despicable".
Nearby Word: despicably
Poor
Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Despicable and poor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Despicable" instead an adjective "Poor".
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Or simply the most recent version of the mirror shared with his past incarnation a rather despicable attitude to inflict traumas in poor Akko-chan's psyche.
Source: Manga / Himitsu no Akko-chan -
Yohji later kills the pimp both to avenge her and because the pimp was one of the targets of Weiss' original mission; meeting poor Maki just made the pimp seem that much more despicable, so he enjoys it more than he would have otherwise.
Source: Hooker with a Heart of Gold -
To Ayn Rand in his commentary video for "Thirty Years of EPCOT." In it, he calls her "the most despicable person who never killed anyone." He also describes a libertarian world as one in which poor people are forced to eat each other in his video for the new Star Tours.
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