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Poor

adjective
(compar. poorer; superl. poorest)
1.
Deserving or inciting pity.  Synonyms: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched.  "Miserable victims of war" , "The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" , "Piteous appeals for help" , "Pitiable homeless children" , "A pitiful fate" , "Oh, you poor thing" , "His poor distorted limbs" , "A wretched life"
2.
Having little money or few possessions.  "The proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
3.
Characterized by or indicating poverty.  "They lived in the poor section of town"
4.
Lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances.  "The area was poor in timber and coal" , "Food poor in nutritive value"
5.
Not sufficient to meet a need.  Synonyms: inadequate, short.  "A poor salary" , "Money is short" , "On short rations" , "Food is in short supply" , "Short on experience"
6.
Unsatisfactory.  "Poor morale" , "Expectations were poor"
noun
1.
People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group).  Synonym: poor people.



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"Poor" Quotes from Famous Books



... known you always instead of for four weeks," she said gently. "They have been happy weeks, haven't they? My—our only fear is that you haven't been comfortable in our poor little home. It's not ...
— The Daughter of Anderson Crow • George Barr McCutcheon
... noble thought inspired this effort at practical Christianity is most probable. The Brook Farmers did not interpret the words,'the poor ye have always with ye,' to mean,'ye must always keep some of you poor.' They found the practical Christian in him who said to his neighbor, 'Friend, come up higher.' But, apart from any precise and defined intention, it was certainly ...
— Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis • G. W. Curtis, ed. George Willis Cooke
... a gay and a careless mood; We are so happy, Harry, you and I, That I think we ought to be ever so good. Playing at cards for money, I'm clear, Is an alien thing in beautiful lives'— He grumbled, 'The fellows will think me queer; But then the poor fellows have not got wives.' We talk'd the matter delightfully out; Our words were earnest and bright and free; We twisted it round, we turn'd it about, And we both agreed that it ...
— Harry • Fanny Wheeler Hart
... the manner of that great discoverer. It was no more necessary to employ the frog's nerves in the production of the electricity, than it was necessary to burn down a house in roasting pig for dinner. The poor frog contributed nothing to it but his dampness,—as every boy in a telegraph office now perceives. He was merely the wet in the small galvanic battery. Professor Galvani, however, exulting in his discovery, leaped to the conclusion that this electricity was not the same as that ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 • Various
... opening her door; "I want to know about him, poor fellow, and how he bears it. Have you seen ...
— The Two Guardians • Charlotte Mary Yonge


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