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Meaning of poor
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poor
adj 1: 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" [syn: {hapless}, {miserable},
{misfortunate}, {pathetic}, {piteous}, {pitiable},
{pitiful}, {poor}, {wretched}]
2: having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap
between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist
living in a garret" [ant: {rich}]
3: characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a
poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town" [ant:
{rich}]
4: lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; "a
poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food
poor in nutritive value" [ant: {rich}]
5: not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a
poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is
in short supply"; "short on experience" [syn: {inadequate},
{poor}, {short}]
6: unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale";
"expectations were poor"
n 1: people without possessions or wealth (considered as a
group); "the urban poor need assistance" [syn: {poor
people}, {poor}] [ant: {rich}, {rich people}]
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