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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

poorer

/ˈpuɹɚ/

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What does poorer mean?

adjective

  1. comparative form of poor: more poor

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpuɹɚ/

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Strange to say, she had grown poorer and prettier, two steps which it had not seemed within her power to take.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
Jeff--he was getting as bad as they were--solemnly replied that, on the contrary, the poorer they were, the more children they had.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanHerlandProject Gutenberg ebook #32
More book examples (3)
I wished him good night, and walked out of the shop the richer by that sum, and the poorer by a waistcoat.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766
Abnormal conditions for match play always tend to affect the better player more than the poorer, and bring play to a level.
William T. (William Tatem) TildenThe Art of Lawn TennisProject Gutenberg ebook #1451
As to the soil, I may say that in some respects it is poorer than yours, but in others not so poor.
Cyril G. (Cyril George) HopkinsThe Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real LifeProject Gutenberg ebook #4527