Poor

adjective

pʊr

Adjective

of insufficient quantity to meet a need
“a poor salary”
“the jejune diets of the very poor”
Similar:Inadequate Jejune Short
deserving or inciting pity
“Oh, you poor thing”
“his poor distorted limbs”
Similar:Hapless MiserableMisfortunatePatheticPiteous
having little money or few possessions
“deplored the gap between rich and poor countries”
“the proverbial poor artist living in a garret”
See also:Underprivileged
characterized by or indicating poverty
“the country had a poor economy”
“they lived in the poor section of town”
lacking in quality or substances
“a poor land”
“the area was poor in timber and coal”
“food poor in nutritive value”

people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
“the urban poor need assistance”
Type of:People