Poor and Radical

Poor

Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.

Radical is an antonym for poor.

Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

Radical

Radical adjective - Being very far from the center of public opinion.

Poor is an antonym for radical.

Nearby Words: radically, radicalism, radicalize, radicalise, radicalised

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Valley of the Dolls Poor Communication Kills: Jennifer has breast cancer, in those days an automatic radical mastectomy.
  • '90s Anti-Hero Usually they'll have one word, gritty names that used to be reserved for villains, often creatively misspelled ('Shade' becomes 'Shayde', etc) to appear more dramatic or, because poor literacy is kewl, to make the character look radical.
  • Critics picked apart the poor performance by Megan Fox and, more damning for the creator, began to question Cody's over-reliance on Totally Radical dialogue — a problem numerous critics had with Juno, and which was already turning her into a punchline.
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