poor

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  • February 10. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    poor noun english

    people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"

  • March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    poor adjective english

    deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

  • March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    poor adjective english

    having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"

  • March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    poor adjective english

    characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"

  • March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    poor adjective english

    lacking in quality or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"; "the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality"

  • March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    poor adjective english

    of insufficient quantity to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"; "the jejune diets of the very poor"