Without possessions; poor, destitute. Also: that does not have something specified. Also as n.: a destitute person; (with the) destitute people as a…

Not rich; poor, humble. In early use also: †not powerful or mighty (obsolete). Also as n. (usually with the and plural agreement): unrich people as a…

Poor, needy.

Poor, needy, indigent.

Destitute of means; without resources. Now literary.

Destitute of help; having no assistance from others; needy. (Of persons, their condition, etc.)

Poor, in need.

Of a person or people: having few, or no, material possessions; lacking the means to procure the comforts or necessities of life, or to live at a…

Without possessions, destitute, indigent, needy; scantily furnished. Const. of, rarely in: see b.

Of a person: poor, needy; lacking the necessities of life.

Distressed, miserable; in need.

Poor; unwealthy.

Of a person: poor, destitute, without necessaries. Also in extended use, esp. with reference to spiritual and emotional needs.

Wanting in resources; ill-supplied, poor. Const. of. Obsolete.

Poor, poverty-stricken.

Of an event or occurrence: unfortunate, calamitous, disastrous. Of a person: miserable, needy, poverty-stricken. Also as n. Obsolete.

(a) In need. (b) Troubled, distressed.

spec. Lacking the necessaries of life; in needy circumstances; characterized by poverty; poor, needy. Of persons, their condition, etc.

Of a person or body of people, a person's condition, etc. (In early use frequently in the comparative.) Poor, badly off. Obsolete.

Having or possessing nothing; poor, needy. Obsolete.

Of persons or conditions: Without help, helpless; frequently without resources or means of subsistence, desititute.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

In want. Cf. biheve, n.

Needy.

Needy; in a state of want.

Needy, poverty-stricken; penurious. Now usually merged with sense A. 1a.

In the condition of a beggar, indigent; befitting a beggar, mean, poverty-stricken.

Deprived of food and the necessaries of life; suffering from hunger or lack of food, famished, starving; poverty-stricken.

Of persons: Wearing threadbare clothes; shabby, seedy; hence, impecunious, hard up; down-at-heel, out-at-elbows. Now rare or Obsolete.

Of a person: in need, poor, poverty-stricken. Also in extended use. †penurious of: lacking, wanting in (obsolete).

Without (good) fortune, luckless, unfortunate. Also, destitute of a ‘fortune’ or portion.

Without wealth, having no money. In quot. 1605 absol.

Characterized by deficiency or need; poor, needy. Obsolete.

Placed or living in a condition of necessity, want, or poverty; having little or nothing to support oneself by; poor, needy.

Not opulent; poor.

Lacking tithes; not paying tithes; not receiving tithes.

Needy, poor.

gen. Characterized by or exhibiting poverty; poverty-stricken. Also in figurative contexts.

Of a person, his or her condition: reduced to necessity or want. Obsolete.

Lacking wealth or resources; needy.

Of a thing: poor, meagre, scanty; spec. (of land) unproductive, barren.

Not opulent; esp. not wealthy, impoverished.

Of persons, etc.: Deficient, falling short, in want; also, defaulting. †Of a limb: Crippled. Of a district: Destitute.

slang. At ‘Beggar's Bush’. ? Obsolete.

Possessing or able to contribute only obols or small coins; impecunious.

Phrases. ill-to-do: in poor circumstances, poor needy (the opposite of well-to-do). ill-off: in an unprosperous condition, badly off (the opposite of…

figurative. Characterized by shabbiness, disrepair, neglect, or destitution; having a shabby or run-down appearance.

= poor, adj. (in various senses).

English regional (Hampshire). Needy.

Characterized by shabbiness, disrepair, neglect, or destitution; = down at heel, adj. 2.

Of a person. Poor; lacking in funds. Now rare.