ALL meanings of poor
poor
P p - adjective poor unsatisfactory 1
- adjective poor pitiable, unfortunate 1
- noun poor lacking 1
- noun poor underachieving 1
- noun plural poor poor people 1
- adjective poor having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare. 1
- adjective poor Law. dependent upon charity or public support. 1
- adjective poor (of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds. 1
- adjective poor characterized by or showing poverty. 1
- adjective poor deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits. 1
- adjective poor faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship. 1
- adjective poor deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil. 1
- adjective poor excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle. 1
- adjective poor of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health. 1
- adjective poor lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook. 1
- adjective poor deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean. 1
- adjective poor scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience. 1
- adjective poor humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger. 1
- adjective poor unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping. 1
- noun poor (used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the): sympathy for the poor. 1
- idioms poor poor as a church mouse, extremely poor. 1
- idioms poor poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished. 1
- adjective poor lacking money 1
- adjective poor Someone who is poor has very little money and few possessions. 0
- adjective poor The poor are people who are poor. 0
- adjective poor The people in a poor country or area have very little money and few possessions. 0
- adjective poor You use poor to express your sympathy for someone. 0
- adjective poor If you describe something as poor, you mean that it is of a low quality or standard or that it is in bad condition. 0
- adjective poor If you describe an amount, rate, or number as poor, you mean that it is less than expected or less than is considered reasonable. 0
- adjective poor You use poor to describe someone who is not very skilful in a particular activity. 0
- adjective poor If something is poor in a particular quality or substance, it contains very little of the quality or substance. 0
- adjective poor lacking financial or other means of subsistence; needy 0
- adjective poor (as collective noun; preceded by the) 0
- adjective poor characterized by or indicating poverty 0
- adjective poor deficient in amount; scanty or inadequate 0
- adjective poor badly supplied (with resources, materials, etc) 0
- adjective poor lacking in quality; inferior 0
- adjective poor giving no pleasure; disappointing or disagreeable 0
- adjective poor deserving of pity; unlucky 0
- adjective poor lacking material possessions; having little or no means to support oneself; needy; impoverished 0
- adjective poor indicating or characterized by poverty 0
- adjective poor lacking in some quality or thing 0
- adjective poor lacking abundance; scanty; inadequate 0
- adjective poor lacking productivity; barren; sterile 0
- adjective poor lacking nourishment; feeble; emaciated 0
- adjective poor lacking excellence or worth; below average, inferior, bad, etc. or paltry, mean, insignificant, etc. 0
- adjective poor lacking good moral or mental qualities; mean-spirited; contemptible 0
- adjective poor lacking pleasure, comfort, or satisfaction 0
- adjective poor lacking skill 0
- adjective poor worthy of pity; unfortunate 0