Poor and Superlative

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Poor

Poor adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: a pretty poor musician, even for a garage band
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Synonyms for Poor
Antonyms for Poor
Superlative is an antonym for poor.
Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

Superlative

Superlative adjective - Of the very best kind.
Usage example: the New England town meeting is a superlative example of grassroots democracy
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Synonyms for Superlative
Antonyms for Superlative
Poor is an antonym for superlative in excellent topic.
Nearby Word: superlatively
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Both words in one sentence

  • Broken Ace Kvothe from The Kingkiller Chronicles is pretty, magically-gifted, superlative at everything he does, but poor, arrogant and a wreck in the present day.
    Source: Broken Ace
  • Film / The Flower Girl It might be the best film ever made in North Korea, although that is likely an Overly Narrow Superlative given the limitations of cinema in a dirt-poor Stalinist dictatorship.
    Source: Film / The Flower Girl
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Antonyms for poor


Antonyms for superlative

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