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Meanings of poor shape in English

Softness.

Synonyms
Examples for "softness"
Examples for "softness"
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Despite the softness of her voice, the words carried to the others.
The Irda (Children of the Stars)
2
The rugged fortress lay swathed in the softness of the creamy light.
St. George and St. Michael, Volume 2
3
But the softness is there; everything in this twilight temple is soft.
Tremendous Trifles
4
The first confused hardness with progress; the second confused softness with progress.
My Life and Work
5
I heard the softness in her voice when she mentioned your name.
Snow melts in spring
1
He was turned down by the War Department because of physical unfitness.
The new yorker
2
Eleanor clung to her-butwith a sharp sense of unfitness and unworthiness.
Eleanor
3
He loved to preach, though he felt a deep sense of unfitness.
History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 /...
4
This, after I have persuaded them of Adams's absolute unfitness for office.
The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Ha...
5
I perceived the unfitness of the tie; its closeness revolted me.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century / and Kindred Papers Relating to...
1
Mahmoud Mozafar said many of the injured were in a bad condition.
The Irish Times
2
We found the salt-water ice also in a bad condition for travelling.
Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Frankl...
3
When the boards are in bad condition they should be first sandpapered.
Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife
4
One of them was very short and in a very bad condition.
Half a Century
5
Overcrowding is common, and many of the vessels are in bad condition.
Reuters
Usage of poor shape in English
1
This is in poor shape but it marks an area worth exploring.
The Guardian
2
The men's professional game, excluding Andy Murray, is in very poor shape.
The Guardian
3
But since most governments' finances are in poor shape, they themselves need bailouts.
Reuters
4
Landscape without wildlife is just scenery. The world is in poor shape, she says.
The Guardian
5
Most are festooned with religious slogans or horoscope signs and are in poor shape.
Reuters
6
And Lawrence's feet had been in poor shape even back when he killed Vorix.
The Reality Dysfunction
7
Continental EU economies remain in poor shape, particularly Germany where deflation is a real threat.
The Irish Times
8
This long rain has gotten me in poor shape.
Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon; Or, The Longest Shots on Record
9
With sagging foreign exchange reserves, Egypt is in poor shape to cope with either threat.
Reuters
10
The Cold War, after all, was still icy and the global economy was in poor shape.
Reuters
11
Often by the time a fund puts itself up for sale, it is in very poor shape.
Reuters
12
Soon his breath came short -he was in poor shape after so many days of privation.
Blood and Bone
13
It is clear that the jobs market is in poor shape and that corporate profitability is under pressure.
The Irish Times
14
Continued weakness in technology stocks and a batch of banking downgrades left the Irish market in poor shape.
The Irish Times
15
The lane was in poor shape: too many heavy wagons using it, carrying ballast for the new road.
Heart of oak
16
But even as companies look to consolidate, too many are in such poor shape to attract a buyer.
Reuters
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