poorish

[ poor-ish ]

adjective

1. somewhat poor; rather poor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of poorish¹

First recorded in 1650–60; poor + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

“Yabblins! There may be a poorish few not wrong, savin’ where they make out the people too good; for there be folk that do think a balm-bowl be like the sea, if only it be their own.

From Literature

Its power base is in four poorish states, including Oaxaca; it says a country-wide exam is unfair on those who teach in demanding places.

From Economist

But instilling such knowledge has become easier for Darren Currie, a teacher at Saint Joseph’s, a Catholic school in a poorish part of Northern Ireland’s second city.

From Economist

The race to be governor of Tucumán province, a poorish agricultural region, was murky from the start.

From Economist

Are the poorish sales at Tesco a reflection of duff management or the inheritance by the newish management team of an intractable structural problem?

From BBC