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1. • The poor

     • n. the poor, [plural* used with a plural verb] poor persons thought of as a group: aid for the 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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   Is poor a noun or noun?

   • Poor can and is often used to refer to an economic class. So it's frequently used as a noun. So you can see and use phrases like: The poor are frequently at a disadvantage. There are many poor who cannot partake in much of modern society. In Africa there are many poor.

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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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   What does it mean if a person is poor?

   • 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. a person or thing that is similar to but of a lower quality than a particular famous person or thing

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   Are there a lot of poor?

   • There are a lot of poor there can be legitimate; There are a lot of poors there is demeaning, the kind of thing a rich movie villain would say. True, because by saying poors you're assuming people are in that class.

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   What does poor mean in Scottish slang?

   • (obsolete) Synonym of poor cod. The countable sense of poor, despite having a long history and continuing existence in some Scottish dialects, is now generally parsed as nonstandard slang and frequently employed with ironic condescension as a critique of supposed upper-class views towards the poor.

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   Oct 12, 2024 · poor (plural only) (plural only) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.

   • Simple English

     He is very poor. Something that is poor is bad quality....

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     “poor, n².”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford...

   • Euskara

     Ingelesa: ·behartsu, txiro, pobre.··rich.

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   Oct 9, 2023 · There are 21 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word poor. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   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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   1. a. : lacking material possessions. b. : of, relating to, or characterized by poverty. 2. a. : less than adequate : meager. b. : small in worth. 3. : exciting pity. you poor thing. 4. a. : inferior in quality or value. b. : humble, unpretentious. c. : mean, petty. 5. : lean, emaciated. 6. : barren, unproductive used of land. 7.

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   Poor can be either an adjective or a noun. It would be most unusual to use the noun in the plural but it would be possible.in a poetic sense if one was comparing various kinds of poverty or poor people.

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   English-French. adjective: (financially) [person]pauvre; [area, country]pauvre; [person] (= unfortunate)pauvre; (= bad) (gen)médiocre [...] plural noun: the poor: les pauvres [...] See entry.

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   n. the poor, [plural* used with a plural verb] poor persons thought of as a group: aid for the poor. poor (pŏŏr), adj., -er, -est, n. having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare. Law dependent upon charity or public support.