Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

had a poor time of it

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.03 in modern English

Syllables
had a poor -time of it
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of have a poor time of it

Questions

What does had a poor time of it mean?
simple past and past participle of have a poor time of it

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