Poor and Worthless

Poor

Poor adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: a pretty poor musician, even for a garage band

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

Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

Worthless

Worthless adjective - Having no usefulness.

Poor is a synonym for worthless in of no use topic. Sometimes you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Worthless".

Nearby Words: worthy, worth, worthlessly

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / Houston Went from being a professional's enclave, to poor and worthless, to a professional's enclave again.
  • Guns Are Worthless In the Fallout series of games, having a low skill in guns makes them utterly worthless weapons, subject to low damage, poor aiming and frustratingly common jamming problems.
  • Film / A Christmas Carol (1984) It may well be that, in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than MILLIONS like this poor man's child.
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