Noun
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people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
"the urban poor need assistance"
- poor people
Adjective
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unsatisfactory
"a poor light for reading"
"poor morale"
"expectations were poor"
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not sufficient to meet a need
"an inadequate income"
"a poor salary"
"money is short"
"on short rations"
"food is in short supply"
"short on experience"
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lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances
"a poor land"
"the area was poor in timber and coal"
"food poor in nutritive value"
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characterized by or indicating poverty
"the country had a poor economy"
"they lived in the poor section of town"
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having little money or few possessions
"deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"
"the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
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deserving or inciting pity
"a hapless victim"
"miserable victims of war"
"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
"piteous appeals for help"
"pitiable homeless children"
"a pitiful fate"
"Oh, you poor thing"
"his poor distorted limbs"
"a wretched life"
- misfortunate