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   poor

   /pɔː/

   adjective

   • 1. lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society: "they were too poor to afford a telephone" Similar poverty-strickenimpoverishednecessitousbeggarlyin penurypenuriousimpecuniousindigentneedyneedfulin need/wantbadly offlow-paidin reduced circumstancesin straitened circumstancesdestitutehard upshort of moneyon one's beam-endsunable to make ends meetunderprivilegeddeprivedpennilesswithout a souas poor as a church mousemoneylessbankruptbustinsolventin debtin the redon the breadlinewithout a penny (to one's name)informal:brokeflat brokecleaned outstrapped for cashstrappedon one's upperswithout two pennies to rub togetherwithout two (brass) farthings to rub togetherstony brokeskintin Queer Streetstone brokecraptasticrare:pauperizedbeggaredOpposite richwealthy
   • ▪ (of a place) inhabited by people with little money: "the world's poorest countries"
   • 2. of a low or inferior standard or quality: "many people are eating a very poor diet" Similar substandardbelow standardbelow parbaddeficientdefectivefaultyimperfectinferiormediocreabjectappallingabysmalatrociousawfulterribledismaldreadfulunsatisfactorylow-gradesecond-ratethird-ratejerry-builtshoddycrudetinnytrashymiserablewretcheddisappointinglamentabledeplorablepitifulinadequateinsufficientunacceptableexecrablefrightfulinformal:crummydirebumdiabolicalrottensadtattytenth-rateropyduffrubbishrubbishypantsa load of pantsgrottyfarkakteweak saucecraptacularvulgar slang:crapcrappyarchaic:direfulrare:egregiousOpposite superior
   • ▪ deficient or lacking in: "the water is poor in nutrients" Similar deficient inlacking (in)wanting (in)short of/onlow onmissingwith an insufficiency ofwith too few/little …Opposite rich in
   • ▪ used ironically to deprecate something belonging to or offered by oneself: dated "he is, in my poor opinion, a more handsome young man"
   • 3. (of a person) deserving of pity or sympathy: "they enquired after poor Dorothy's broken hip" Similar unfortunateunluckylucklessunhappyhaplessill-fatedill-starredpitiablepitifulwretchedOpposite lucky

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French poure, from Latin pauper.

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   What is the difference between poor and rich?

   • Poor describes having little of something. If you lack needed food and shelter, you're poor, and if you fall below a standard or don't even try, you're giving a poor performance. Empty pockets and empty efforts both mean poor. Rich or wealthy often serve as opposites of poor. If you have material things, you're rich, and if you don't, you're poor.

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   What is the plural of poor?

   • 1. With plural agreement. Chiefly with the. Poor people (literal and figurative) as a class; esp. needy or destitute people. Frequently with distinguishing word, as the aged (also good, respectable, urban, etc.) poor. Cf. overseer of (also †for) the poor at overseer n. 1c. the deserving poor: see deserving adj. a.

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   What does poor mean?

   • Poor definition: having little or no money, goods, or other means of support. See examples of POOR used in a sentence.

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   What is a poor person?

   • Poor, impecunious, impoverished, penniless refer to those lacking money. Poor is the simple term for the condition of lacking means to obtain the comforts of life: a very poor family. Impecunious often suggests that the poverty is a consequence of unwise habits: an impecunious actor.

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   What does it mean if a company is poor?

   • poor at (doing) something Many companies are poor at dealing with telephone complaints. poor in something having very small amounts of something There's very little soil here and it's poor in quality. (especially British English) to finish a long way behind the winner in a race, competition, etc.

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   Why do people prefer not to say the poor?

   • noun [plural] people who have very little money Many people now prefer not to say the poor because it suggests that they form one large group of people who are all the same and the only important thing about them is their poverty.

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   How to use poor in a sentence. lacking material possessions; of, relating to, or characterized by poverty; less than adequate : meager… See the full definition

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   Poor describes having little of something. If you lack needed food and shelter, you're poor, and if you fall below a standard or don't even try, you're giving a poor performance.

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   Poor means lacking financial or other means of subsistence, or characterized by poverty. It can also mean inferior, deficient, or pitiable. See synonyms, examples, and related terms.

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    Poor is an adjective that describes someone or something that has very little money, possessions, or quality. It can also be a noun that refers to the people who are poor. See synonyms, collocations, idioms, and translations of poor.