Poor Shape

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Poor Shape

Definition: Poor Shape

Poor Shape

Noun

1. Poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: Poor Shape

Synonyms: bad condition (n), unfitness (n). (additional references)

Antonym: fitness (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Poor Shape

English words defined with "poor shape": bad condition ♦ deformed, distorted ♦ ill-shapen ♦ malformed, misshapen ♦ unfitness. (references)

Specialty definitions using "poor shape": FASHION. (references)

Non-Fiction Usage: Poor Shape

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Nigeria	Of the 80,500 kilometers (50,000 mi.) of roads, more than 15,000 kilometers (10,000 mi.) are officially paved, but many are in poor shape. (references)
	Tanzania	Unfortunately, service facilities for this region are in poor shape and desperately need outside investment to bring them up to international standards. (references)
	Kazakhstan	When and if the privatization process moves forward, it will represent a major strategic opportunity for U.S. suppliers and investors since most of the RECs are in very poor shape with most equipment requiring urgent repairs and replacements. (references)
Travel	Nigeria	Nigerian roads are in poor shape, causing damage to vehicles and contributing to hazardous traffic conditions. (references)
	Chad	Chad's internal road network is in poor shape but gradually improving. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Modern Translation: Poor Shape

Language		Translations for "poor shape"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		rossz egészségi állapotban van (to be in bad shape, to be in poor shape), rossz bőrben van (to be in a bad plight, to be in bad shape, to be in poor shape, to be off colour, to be unfit). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		不細工 (clumsy, homely, plain). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぶさいく (clumsy, homely, plain). (various references)

Pig Latin		oorpay apeshay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Poor Shape

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-h-o-o-p-p-r-s"
	-1 letter: prophase.
	-2 letters: apposer, apropos, hoopers, hoppers, opposer, papoose, perhaps, propose, shopper.
	-3 letters: ahorse, appose, ashore, ephors, hoarse, hooper, hopers, hopper, operas, oppose, papers, pareos, pharos, phrase, porose, posher, raphes, sapper, seraph, shaper, sherpa, shoppe, soaper.
	-4 letters: apers, apres, arose, asper, ephas, ephor, hares, harps, heaps, hears, heros, hoars, hoers, hoops, hoper, hopes, horas, horse.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-h-o-o-p-p-r-s"
	+1 letter: apostrophe.
	+2 letters: apostrophes, carpophores.
	+3 letters: apomorphines, apostrophise, apostrophize, coprophagies, topographers, topographies.
	+4 letters: apostrophised, apostrophises, apostrophized, apostrophizes, cephalosporin, paedomorphism, phonographers, phonographies, phosphorylase, phosphorylate, photographers, photographies, pornographers, pornographies, pyrophosphate, rephotographs, spermatophore.
	+5 letters: cephalosporins, megasporophyll, orthophosphate, paedomorphisms, paedomorphoses, paedomorphosis, pharmacopoeias, phosphorylases, phosphorylated, phosphorylates, pneumatophores, polarographies, prosencephalon, pyrophosphates, spermatophores, sporangiophore.
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Alternative Orthography: Poor Shape

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6F 6F 72 53 68 61 70 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01101111 01110010 00100000 01010011 01101000 01100001 01110000 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#111 &#111 &#114 &#32 &#83 &#104 &#97 &#112 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 006F 0072 0053 0068 0061 0070 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5081818425374678271

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography

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