"poorish" meaning in All languages combined

See poorish on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: poor + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|poor|ish}} poor + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} poorish (not comparable)
  1. Reasonably poor, quite poor. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-poorish-en-adj-r6kOfhaq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish

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          "text": "She [Mrs. Rivers] went on to say something about still waters running deep and it was on the tip of my tongue to make a poorish pun about still Rivers running deep too […]",
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