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noun : POOR
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance" ;
Adjective : POOR
Source:WordNet 3.1
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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" ;
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2. (
) having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" ;
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3. (
) characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town" ;
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4. (
) lacking in quality or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"; "the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality" ;
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5. (
) of insufficient quantity to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"; "the jejune diets of the very poor" ;
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