Mean-spirited |
Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. |
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Poor |
Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent. |
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Poor |
So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public. |
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Poor |
Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected |
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Poor |
Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc. |
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Poor |
Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits. |
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Poor |
Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. |
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Poor |
Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil. |
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Poor |
Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture. |
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Poor |
Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night. |
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Poor |
Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse. |
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Poor |
Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt. |
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Poor |
Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. |
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Poor |
A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod. |
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Poor-john |
A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality. |
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Poor-will |
A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will. |
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Poor-willie |
The bar-tailed godwit. |
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Public-spirited |
Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men. |
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Public-spirited |
Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. |
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Spirited |
of Spirit |
imp. & p. p. |