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POOR SHAPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poor shape mean?
• POOR SHAPE (noun)
The noun POOR SHAPE has 1 sense:
1. poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
Familiarity information: POOR SHAPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
bad condition; poor shape; unfitness; softness
Hypernyms ("poor shape" is a kind of...):
health problem; ill health; unhealthiness (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poor shape"):
debility; feebleness; frailness; frailty; infirmity; valetudinarianism (the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age))
disability; disablement; handicap; impairment (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)
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