lacking sufficient money or material possessions
of or characterized by poverty
less than adequate; meagre
a poor harvest
(+ in) lacking in something specified
a diet poor in calcium
inferior in quality, value, skill, etc
in poor health
poor work
inspiring pity
a poor old soul
humble or unpretentious
in my poor opinion
the poor man's
an inferior or second-rate alternative for the thing specified
poorness noun
[Middle English poure via Old French from Latin pauper, from paucus little + parare to acquire]