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Poor 1Definition: Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
Poor 2Definition: So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public. Poor 3Definition: Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected Poor 4Definition: Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc. Poor 5Definition: Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits. Poor 6Definition: Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. Poor 7Definition: Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; said of land; as, poor soil. Poor 8Definition: Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture. Poor 9Definition: Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night. Poor 10Definition: Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse. Poor 11Definition: Worthy of pity or sympathy; used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt. Poor 12Definition: Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. Poor 13Definition: A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); called also power cod. poor 14Definition: 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 d poor 15Definition: yielding little by great labor; "a hardscrabble farm"; "poor soil" poor 16Definition: unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale" poor 17Definition: low in degree; "expectations were poor" poor 18Definition: having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" poor 19Definition: badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value" poor 20Definition: characterized by or indicating lack of money; "the country had a poor economy" poor 21Definition: 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" poor 22Definition: moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor spy"
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