How to pronounce poor
Listen to poor in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“poor” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 920 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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poor mental health but poor physical health.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 91:42 · hear it here
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illiteracy built upon incompetence and poor judgment. POOR JUDGMENT.
UK Parliament · watch from 72:31 · hear it here
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poor oral bioavailability.
NIH · watch from 38:32 · hear it here
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five percent of the corn crop rated poor or very poor.
USDA · watch from 0:19 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of poor. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.