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- Dictionarypoor/po͝or/
adjective
- 1. lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society: "people who were too poor to afford a telephone" Similar Opposite
- 2. worse than is usual, expected, or desirable; of a low or inferior standard or quality: "many people are eating a very poor diet" Similar Opposite
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to have very little of a particular substance or quality: Unfortunately, Iceland is poor in natural resources. See more. Fewer examples. The demonstrators seemed to be from a complete cross-section of society - male and female, old and young, rich and poor.
1. a. : lacking material possessions. b. : of, relating to, or characterized by poverty. 2. a. : less than adequate : meager. b. : small in worth. 3. : exciting pity. you poor thing. 4. a. : inferior in quality or value. b. : humble, unpretentious. c. : mean, petty.
Poor definition: having little or no money, goods, or other means of support. See examples of POOR used in a sentence.
Poor describes having little of something. If you lack needed food and shelter, you're poor, and if you fall below a standard or don't even try, you're giving a poor performance. Empty pockets and empty efforts both mean poor. Rich or wealthy often serve as opposites of poor.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. adjective. poorest, poorer. Lacking material possessions; having little or no means to support oneself; needy; impoverished. Webster's New World. Having insufficient wealth to meet the necessities or comforts of life or to live in a manner considered acceptable in a society. American Heritage.
not good; of a quality that is low or lower than expected. the party’s poor performance in the election. The food was of very poor quality.
If you describe something as poor, you mean that it is of a low quality or standard or that it is in bad condition. The flat was in a poor state of repair. The gap between the best and poorest childcare provision in Europe has widened.
POOR definition: 1. having very little money or few possessions: 2. of very low quality: 3. not having much skill…. Learn more.
a. Having insufficient wealth to meet the necessities or comforts of life or to live in a manner considered acceptable in a society. b. Relating to or characterized by poverty: the poor side of town. 2. Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium. 3.
poor meaning, definition, what is poor: having very little money and not many po...: Learn more.
