Meaning of poor in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.

  Example: The poor are always with us.

adjective

• With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.

  Example: We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes.

• Of low quality.

  Example: That was a poor performance.

• Used to express pity.

  Example: Oh you poor little thing.

• Deficient in a specified way.

  Example: Cow's milk is poor in iron.

• Inadequate, insufficient.

  Example: I received a poor reward for all my hard work.

• Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.

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