Main entry: poor, poor people
Definition: people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
Usage: the urban poor need assistance
Main entry: hapless, poor, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic
Definition: deserving or inciting pity
Usage: 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
Main entry: poor
Definition: unsatisfactory
Usage: a poor light for reading; poor morale; expectations were poor
Main entry: poor
Definition: having little money or few possessions
Usage: deplored the gap between rich and poor countries; the proverbial poor artist living in a garret
Main entry: poor
Definition: lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances
Usage: a poor land; the area was poor in timber and coal; food poor in nutritive value
Main entry: poor
Definition: characterized by or indicating poverty
Usage: the country had a poor economy; they lived in the poor section of town
Main entry: inadequate, poor, short
Definition: not sufficient to meet a need
Usage: an inadequate income; a poor salary; money is short; on short rations; food is in short supply; short on experience