Poor
Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Qualified
Qualified adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.
Usage example: the candidate has demonstrated that he is amply qualified for the position
Both words in one sentence
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Since qualified Pioniere (combat engineers) were scarce, the terrain was marshy, and the infrastructure poor the Minensuchgerät 42 was ideally suited to operational requirements in Belarus.
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This happens with such frequency that when Curtis assesses that the family could, in fact, be qualified as "poor", one wonders if the source of their economic troubles isn't all this damn ice cream Diane's buying for Barry.
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However, due to a giant misunderstanding (see Poor Communication Kills), Chocolat ended up disqualified from the race that could have qualified her to be an Etoranger and she mistakenly thought Princess Aura was responsible.
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