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Poor

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Definitions for Poor

noun
people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
Synonyms
poor people
Examples
  1. the urban poor need assistance
adjective
deserving or inciting pity
Synonyms
hapless miserable misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful wretched
Examples
  1. a hapless victim
  2. miserable victims of war
  3. the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
  4. piteous appeals for help
  5. pitiable homeless children
  6. a pitiful fate
  7. Oh, you poor thing
  8. his poor distorted limbs
  9. a wretched life
adjective
having little money or few possessions
Examples
  1. deplored the gap between rich and poor countries
  2. the proverbial poor artist living in a garret
adjective
characterized by or indicating poverty
Examples
  1. the country had a poor economy
  2. they lived in the poor section of town
adjective
lacking in quality or substances
Examples
  1. a poor land
  2. the area was poor in timber and coal
  3. food poor in nutritive value
  4. the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality
adjective
of insufficient quantity to meet a need
Synonyms
inadequate short jejune
Examples
  1. an inadequate income
  2. a poor salary
  3. money is short
  4. on short rations
  5. food is in short supply
  6. short on experience
  7. the jejune diets of the very poor

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