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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"
- 2. worse than is usual, expected, or desirable; of a low or inferior standard or quality: "many people are eating a very poor diet"
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. 5. : lean, emaciated. 6. : barren, unproductive used of land. 7.
POOR definition: 1. having little money and/or few possessions: 2. to have very little of a particular substance or…. Learn more.
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.
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.
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. The food was poor. poorly adverb [ADVERB -ed, ADVERB after verb]
a person or thing that is similar to but of a lower quality than a particular famous person or thing. Sparkling white wine is the poor man's champagne. Definition of poor adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
