HOW TO PRONOUNCE
poorer
/ˈpuɹɚ/
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What does poorer mean?
adjective
- 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.
Jeff--he was getting as bad as they were--solemnly replied that, on the contrary, the poorer they were, the more children they had.
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I wished him good night, and walked out of the shop the richer by that sum, and the poorer by a waistcoat.
Abnormal conditions for match play always tend to affect the better player more than the poorer, and bring play to a level.
As to the soil, I may say that in some respects it is poorer than yours, but in others not so poor.