Poor and Slight

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Poor adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.

Usage example: a poor crop because of the drought this year

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Slight is a synonym for poor in meagre topic. In some cases you can use "Slight" instead an adjective "Poor", when it comes to topics like deficient.

Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

Slight adjective - Of a size that is less than average.

Usage example: the slight youth packed a surprisingly solid punch

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Poor is a synonym for slight. Sometimes you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Slight".

Instead, Vachir took it as a slight, and decided to imprint the sheer extreme of the prison on the poor goose, and inadvertently gave Tai Lung his magic feather.

Source: Western Animation / Kung Fu Panda
That's no slight on Superman, it just means that Superman would make a poor viking, which is as it should be.

Source: Public Domain Artifact aka: Kusanagi
This is actually a poor tactic, since aliens have unlimited ammo... On the other hand, when your enemies are armed with pistols, and you have sniper rifles, you have a slight advantage.

Source: Video Game / Xenonauts

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