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English adjective: poor | |||
| 1. | poor deserving or inciting pity | ||
| Samples | A hapless victim. Miserable victims of war. The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic. Piteous appeals for help. Pitiable homeless children. A pitiful fate. Oh, you poor thing. His poor distorted limbs. A wretched life. | ||
| Synonyms | hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched | ||
| Similar | unfortunate | ||
| Antonyms | fortunate | ||
| 2. | poor having little money or few possessions | ||
| Samples | Deplored the gap between rich and poor countries. The proverbial poor artist living in a garret. | ||
| Similar | broke, bust, destitute, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in straitened circumstances, indigent, moneyless, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, pinched, poverty-stricken, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke, unprovided for | ||
| See also | underprivileged | ||
| Attribute | financial condition | ||
| Antonyms | rich | ||
| 3. | poor characterized by or indicating poverty | ||
| Samples | The country had a poor economy. They lived in the poor section of town. | ||
| Similar | beggarly, mean, slummy | ||
| Antonyms | rich | ||
| 4. | poor lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances | ||
| Samples | A poor land. The area was poor in timber and coal. Food poor in nutritive value. | ||
| Similar | resourceless | ||
| Antonyms | rich | ||
| 5. | poor not sufficient to meet a need | ||
| Samples | An inadequate income. A poor salary. Money is short. On short rations. Food is in short supply. Short on experience. | ||
| Synonyms | inadequate, short | ||
| Similar | deficient, insufficient | ||
| Antonyms | sufficient | ||
| 6. | poor unsatisfactory | ||
| Samples | A poor light for reading. Poor morale. Expectations were poor. | ||
| Similar | bad | ||
| Antonyms | good | ||
English noun: poor | |||
| 1. | poor (group) people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) | ||
| Samples | The urban poor need assistance. | ||
| Synonyms | poor people | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | people | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | homeless, needy | ||
| Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||
| Antonyms | rich, rich people | ||
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