Poor and Sparing

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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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Sparing is a synonym for poor in amount topic. In some cases you can use "Sparing" instead an adjective "Poor".

Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

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

Usage example: unfortunately, the explanation of the health insurance plan was somewhat sparing on details

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Poor is a synonym for sparing in amount topic. Sometimes you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Sparing".

Nearby Words: spare, sparingly, spared, sparring

To say nothing about how poor Obi-Wan Kenobi must have felt when he discovered that Anakin had turned to The Dark Side and led the massacre of the Jedi Temple, not even sparing the children.

Source: Et Tu, Brute?

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