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Standard & Poor's
adj 1: conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or
value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind;
"windows of standard width"; "standard sizes";
"the standard fixtures"; "standard brands"; "standard
operating procedure" [ant: nonstandard]
adj 1: moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality
from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor
spy" [syn: mediocre, second-rate]
2: commonly used or supplied; "standard procedure";
2: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable
victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as
extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals
for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate";
"couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted
limbs"; "a wretched life" [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate,
pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched]
3: established or widely recognized as a model of authority or
excellence; "a standard reference work" [ant: nonstandard]
3: having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap
between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor
artist living in a garret" [ant: rich]
4: regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a
stock item" [syn: stock]
4: characterized by or indicating lack of money; "the country
had a poor economy" [ant: rich]
5: the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they
live by the standards of their community" [syn: criterion]
5: low in degree; "expectations were poor
6: badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances; "a
poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food
poor in nutritive value" [ant: rich]
7: not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a
poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food
is in short supply"; "short on experience" [syn: inadequate,
short]
8: unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"
9: yielding little by great labor; "a hardscrabble farm"; "poor
soil" [syn: hardscrabble]
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