Poor and Wanting

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Poor

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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Wanting is a synonym for poor in inadequate topic. In some cases you can use "Wanting" instead an adjective "Poor", when it comes to topics like deficient in.
Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

Wanting

Wanting adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: we tried her cooking and found it to be very wanting
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Poor is a synonym for wanting in inadequate topic. You can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Wanting", if it concerns topics such as deficient, lacking.
Nearby Words: want, wanted

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  • Arranged Marriage A rich person wanting to marry someone poor or even relatively poor would face tremendous amounts of resistance from family.
    Source: Arranged Marriage
  • A-Cup Angst Catalina's real reason for wanting a bigger chest is to catch a rich boyfriend who'll buy her luxuries and get her out of her poor neighborhood, like the ones her bustier friends have.
    Source: A-Cup Angst
  • The issue is actually much more complicated than blacks "wanting" other blacks to stay poor and uneducated.
    Source: Straw Affiliation
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