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Adjective: poor (poorer,poorest) pûr or por- Deserving or inciting pity
"Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs" - hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched - Having little money or few possessions
"deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" - Characterized by or indicating poverty
"the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town" - Lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances
"a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value" - Not sufficient to meet a need
"a poor salary" - inadequate, short - Unsatisfactory
"a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor" Noun: poor pûr or por- People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
"the urban poor need assistance" - poor people
Sounds like: paw, pore, pour Derived forms: poors, poorest, poorer See also: bad, badly-off, beggarly, broke, bust, cash-strapped, deficient, destitute, financial condition, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in straitened circumstances, indigent, insufficient, mean, moneyless, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, pinched, poorly, poorness, poverty-stricken, resourceless, skint [Brit], slummy, stone-broke [N. Amer], stony-broke [Brit], strapped, strapped for cash, underprivileged, unfortunate, unprovided for Type of: people Antonym: rich Encyclopedia: Poor Poor, Little Sisters of the |