Definition of "poorish" [poorish]

• Somewhat poor. (adjective)

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• "Then I find myself at the old-new cathedral, begun about a century ago, and finished about fifty years since -- a 'poorish' heartless edifice in the bald Italian manner, and quite unsuited to these old Flemish cities."
• "From a poorish location in the first cut – as Augusta National calls its carefully manicured light rough – beside the fairway on the par-five 2nd, he hit a fine shot with his rescue club and took two putts from 40 feet to recover the earlier loss."
• "In the end it was judged a "poorish liquefaction", Lewis noted, but at least the transformation had eventually taken place."