poor
/poː/
Dictionary
noun
- (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.
"The poor are always with us."
adjective
- With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
"We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes."
- Of low quality.
"That was a poor performance."
- Used to express pity.
"Oh you poor little thing."
- Deficient in a specified way.
"Cow's milk is poor in iron."
- Inadequate, insufficient.
"I received a poor reward for all my hard work."
- Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
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