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poorish

[poo r-ish]

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adjective

somewhat poor; rather poor.

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Origin of poorish

First recorded in 1650–60; poor + -ish¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for poorish

Without more or less of this knowledge, a lady, even the wife of a peer, is but a poorish thing.
Advice to Young Men|William Cobbett
“Poorish wheat hereabouts,” says the driver, as he points to the pale green fields.
A Month in Yorkshire|Walter White
I knaws weal enough that they was noat feade on nothin' at oll, which meakes them loak so poorish!
Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee|William Carleton
In private ones twenty-five per cent, at least; most of them poorish.
Hard Cash|Charles Reade

It was, in fact, a poorish match and the young couple were dependent more or less on Wardle.
Pickwickian Studies|Percy Fitzgerald