Poor and Unable

Poor

Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.

Unable and poor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unable" instead an adjective "Poor".

Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

Unable

Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.

Poor and unable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Unable".

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Trailer Park Boys You can just chalk it up to being poor and unable to afford newer things.
  • The problem is, rather than their intended goal of leaving the player with the same amount of EXP with fewer battles... they forgot to factor money into it, leaving the player permanently poor and unable to afford the standard weapons.
  • She essentially replaces Celebi in an in-game event, is unable to evolve, has poor stats and a poor moveset, and cannot even be transferred to the Gen V games.
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