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Poor

/poː/

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

📖 Definitions of "Poor"

noun
  1. 1

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

    "The poor are always with us."

adjective
  1. 1

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

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

  2. 2

    Of low quality.

    "That was a poor performance."

  3. 3

    Used to express pity.

    "Oh you poor little thing."

  4. 4

    Deficient in a specified way.

    "Cow's milk is poor in iron."

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