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- 1. lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society: "they were too poor to afford a telephone" Similar poverty-strickenimpoverishednecessitousbeggarlyin penurypenuriousimpecuniousindigentneedyneedfulin need/wantbadly offlow-paidin reduced circumstancesin straitened circumstancesdestitutehard upshort of moneyon one's beam-endsunable to make ends meetunderprivilegeddeprivedpennilesswithout a souas poor as a church mousemoneylessbankruptbustinsolventin debtin the redon the breadlinewithout a penny (to one's name)informal:brokeflat brokecleaned outstrapped for cashstrappedon one's upperswithout two pennies to rub togetherwithout two (brass) farthings to rub togetherstony brokeskintin Queer Streetstone brokecraptasticrare:pauperizedbeggaredOpposite richwealthy
- ▪ (of a place) inhabited by people with little money: "the world's poorest countries"
- 2. of a low or inferior standard or quality: "many people are eating a very poor diet" Similar substandardbelow standardbelow parbaddeficientdefectivefaultyimperfectinferiormediocreabjectappallingabysmalatrociousawfulterribledismaldreadfulunsatisfactorylow-gradesecond-ratethird-ratejerry-builtshoddycrudetinnytrashymiserablewretcheddisappointinglamentabledeplorablepitifulinadequateinsufficientunacceptableexecrablefrightfulinformal:crummydirebumdiabolicalrottensadtattytenth-rateropyduffrubbishrubbishypantsa load of pantsgrottyfarkakteweak saucecraptacularvulgar slang:crapcrappyarchaic:direfulrare:egregiousOpposite superior
- ▪ deficient or lacking in: "the water is poor in nutrients" Similar deficient inlacking (in)wanting (in)short of/onlow onmissingwith an insufficiency ofwith too few/little …Opposite rich in
- ▪ used ironically to deprecate something belonging to or offered by oneself: dated "he is, in my poor opinion, a more handsome young man"
- 3. (of a person) deserving of pity or sympathy: "they enquired after poor Dorothy's broken hip" Similar unfortunateunluckylucklessunhappyhaplessill-fatedill-starredpitiablepitifulwretchedOpposite lucky
Word Origin Middle English: from Old French poure, from Latin pauper.
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Poor means having little money and/or few possessions, or not good or operating well, or deserving sympathy. Learn more about the word poor, its synonyms, antonyms, idioms, and translations.
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  POOR definicja: 1. having little money and/or few...
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  POOR translate: arm, mangelhaft, arm. Learn more in the...
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  POOR translate: pobre, malo, pobre, pobre...
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  POOR translate: povero, povero, scadente, mediocre, povero,...
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  POOR translate: biedny, ubogi, słaby, słaby, biedny, biedny,...
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  POOR translate: бедный , плохой, слабый, скудный , неумелый...
- Poor: French Translation
  POOR translate: pauvre, médiocre, piètre, pauvre, pauvre,...
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Poor means lacking financial or other means of subsistence; needy. It can also describe something deficient, inferior, or lacking in quality. See examples, pronunciation, and related words.
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Poor means lacking financial or other means of subsistence, or characterized by poverty. It can also mean inferior, deficient, or pitiable. See synonyms, examples, and related terms.
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Poor describes having little of something. If you lack needed food and shelter, you're poor, and if you fall below a standard or don't even try, you're giving a poor performance. Empty pockets and empty efforts both mean poor. Rich or wealthy often serve as opposites of poor.

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