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Meaning of 'poor'
Meaning of 'poor' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Poor 
[ n.]
- A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also
power cod. [ n.]2. Poor [ superl.]
- Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or
goods; needy; indigent. [ superl.]- So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
- Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected
- Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.
- Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.
- Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.
- Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.
- Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
- Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
- Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
- Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt.
- Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
Meaning of 'poor' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. poor [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
- people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
Example in sentence:
- the urban poor need assistance
2. poor [ a]
[ a]Meaning (2):
- lacking in quality or substances
- lacking in quality or substances
Example in sentence:
- a poor land;
- food poor in nutritive value;
- the area was poor in timber and coal;
- the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality
Meaning (3):
- having little money or few possessions
- having little money or few possessions
Example in sentence:
- deplored the gap between rich and poor countries;
- the proverbial poor artist living in a garret
Meaning (4):
- characterized by or indicating poverty
- characterized by or indicating poverty
Example in sentence:
- the country had a poor economy;
- they lived in the poor section of town
3. poor [ s]
[ s]Meaning (5):
- deserving or inciting pity
- deserving or inciting pity
Example in sentence:
- a hapless victim;
- a pitiful fate;
- a wretched life;
- his poor distorted limbs;
- miserable victims of war;
- Oh, you poor thing;
- piteous appeals for help;
- pitiable homeless children;
- the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
Meaning (6):
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
Example in sentence:
- a poor salary;
- an inadequate income;
- food is in short supply;
- money is short;
- on short rations;
- short on experience;
- the jejune diets of the very poor
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