quite poor
Somewhat financially struggling
Quite poor describes something or someone noticeably lacking in quality or resources.
In American English, quite intensifies poor—meaning very poor, substantially deficient: The reception was quite poor in the mountains.
In British English, quite can soften rather than strengthen, suggesting moderately or fairly poor.
Context usually clarifies which reading applies.
- destituteUtterly without means
- needyWanting in essentials
- thinSmall in diameter
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- low-incomeEarning below average wages
living paycheck to paycheck · bare · empty · worn · worn thin · marginalized · penniless · excluded · despair · hopelessness · insecurity · disenfranchised · broke · hard times · down on luck · rationing · food insecurity · struggling
quite pooraffluent
Having abundant financial resources
well-off · prosperous · well-to-do · moneyed · flush
quite poorquite good
Moderately above average
excellent · very good · outstanding · superb · first-rate
quite, poor, poorly, poorer, poorest, poorness, poverty, impoverish, impoverished