The Clue
More in need (6 letter answer)
The Answer
POORER
Tags
Notes
The answer POORER is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.
Related Clues
" . . . richer, for ___ . . . "
Worse
More destitute
Not as good
Relatively cheesy
Wiser's correlative
Less well off
Wedding-vow word
Word before "in sickness and in health"
Definition
POOR as an adjective:
1. (hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched) = 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"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
2. having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
3. characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"
4. lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"
5. (inadequate, poor, short) = 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"
6. unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"