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[adjective] 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"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
[adjective] yielding little by great labor; "a hardscrabble farm"; "poor soil"
[adjective] unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"
[adjective] low in degree; "expectations were poor"
[adjective] having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
[adjective] badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"
[adjective] characterized by or indicating lack of money; "the country had a poor economy"
[adjective] 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"
[adjective] moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor spy"
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\Poor\, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure. See {Few}, and cf. {Parade}, {Pauper}, {Poverty}.] 1. Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent. Note: It is often synonymous with indigent and with necessitous denoting extreme want. It is also applied to persons who are not entirely destitute of property, but who are not rich; as, a poor man or woman; poor people. 2. (Law) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public. 3. Hence, in very various applications: Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected; as:
(a) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc. ``Seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed.'' --Gen. xli. 19.
(b) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits. ``His genius . . . poor and cowardly.'' --Bacon.
(c) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. ``A poor vessel.'' --Clarendon.
(d) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.
(e) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
(f) Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
(g) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse. That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea or apology at the last day. --Calamy. 4. Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt. And for mine own poor part, Look you, I'll go pray. --Shak. Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing. --Prior. 5. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. ``Blessed are the poor in spirit.'' --Matt. v. 3. {Poor law}, a law providing for, or regulating, the relief or support of the poor. {Poor man's treacle} (Bot.), garlic; -- so called because it was thought to be an antidote to animal poison. [Eng] --Dr. Prior. {Poor man's weatherglass} (Bot.), the red-flowered pimpernel ({Anagallis arvensis}), which opens its blossoms only in fair weather. {Poor rate}, an assessment or tax, as in an English parish, for the relief or support of the poor. {Poor soldier} (Zo["o]l.), the friar bird. {The poor}, those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy. In a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public. ``I have observed the more public provisions are made for the poor, the less they provide for themselves.'' --Franklin.
\Poor\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small European codfish ({Gadus minutus}); -- called also {power cod}.

Synonyms for poor

bust, hapless, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, inadequate, indigent, in straitened circumstances(p), insufficient, low, mean, mediocre, miserable, misfortunate, moneyless, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, piteous, pitiable, poverty-stricken, resourceless, second-rate, short, slum(a), unfortunate, unfruitful, unprovided for(p), wretched

Antonyms: rich

See also: underprivileged |

Related terms: beneath contempt, cheap, disgruntled, disgusting, down-and-out, infirm, in Queer Street, meager, needy, opposing, penniless, penury, poorish, reptilian, rubbishy, scant, scrubby, skeletal, squeezed, starveling, stunted, the down-and-out, third-class, unappreciative, underdeveloped nation, unfed, unmentionable, unproved, weazeny, wraithlike

The fun area, different aproach to word »poor«

Let's analyse "poor" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ROOP. Average typing speed for these characters is 1000 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: poor: 6 + 6 = 12, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: poor: 7 + 6 + 6 + 9 = 28, reduced: 1, and the final result is One.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
O (2) 15 Devil Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
P (1) 16 Tower Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
R (1) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong

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