- having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: She came from a poor family struggling to survive.
- dependent upon charity or public support.
- (of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.
- characterized by or showing poverty.
- deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.
- faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.
- (of land or soil) lacking abundance or productivity: poor soil.
- excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.
- of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.
- lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.
- deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.
- scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.
- humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.
- unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.
- poor people collectively.
- extremely poor.
- extremely poor.
- lacking financial or other means of subsistence; needy
- (as collective noun; preceded by the)
- characterized by or indicating poverty
- deficient in amount; scanty or inadequate
- badly supplied (with resources, materials, etc)
- lacking in quality; inferior
- giving no pleasure; disappointing or disagreeable
- deserving of pity; unlucky
- a (cheaper) substitute for something
