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poor

adjective as in weak, unfertile

adjective as in unfortunate, unhappy

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"England is now one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world," the report said - with poor farming practices and climate change damaging soil and increasing water pollution.

From BBC

But will all that really transform the fortunes of England's poorest region and close the longstanding performance gap with the South?

From BBC

The NAO also found "little evidence" that the Home Office had improved on earlier strategies, while the department and the wider government had "a poor understanding of what works to prevent and tackle VAWG".

From BBC

It matched the poor little Chiefs, champions of the AFL, against the big NFL bullies, the Packers.

They flexed on the poor, they flexed on immigrants, they flexed on Medicare recipients, and they flexed on trans kids.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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