The Clue
Word before "in sickness and in health" (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
More in need
Not as good
Relatively cheesy
Wiser's correlative
Less well off
Wedding-vow word
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"