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"a poor salary" "the jejune diets of the very poor"adjectiveof insufficient quantity to meet a need
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"the urban poor need assistance"nounpeople without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
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"Oh, you poor thing" "his poor distorted limbs"adjectivedeserving or inciting pity
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"the country had a poor economy" "they lived in the poor section of town"adjectivecharacterized by or indicating povertyOpposite:
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"deplored the gap between rich and poor countries" "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"adjectivehaving little money or few possessions
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"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"adjectivelacking in quality or substances
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- scratch poor handwriting
- homeless poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in
- needy poor enough to need help from others
- unclear poorly stated or described
- mediocre poor to middling in quality
- misguided poorly conceived or thought out
- destitute poor enough to need help from others
- unintelligible poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise
- scribble poor handwriting
- urchin poor and often mischievous city child