1. (adj) poor people, poor
people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
"the urban poor need assistance"
2. (adj) hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
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"
3. (adj) poor
having little money or few possessions
"deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
4. (adj) poor
characterized by or indicating poverty
"the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"
5. (adj) poor
lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances
"a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"
6. (adj) inadequate, poor, short
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"
7. (adj) poor
unsatisfactory
"a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"
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Definition of 'poor' 
