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 

• POOR SHAPE (noun)

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)