poor
adjective
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deserving or inciting pitymiserable
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unsatisfactory“a poor light for reading”
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having little money or few possessions“deplored the gap between rich and poor countries”
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lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances“a poor land”
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characterized by or indicating poverty“the country had a poor economy”
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not sufficient to meet a needshort
noun
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people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)“the urban poor need assistance”poor people