poor
Word Statistics
Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Simple pronunciation
Analysis:
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noun
1. (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.
"The poor are always with us."
adjective
1. With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
"We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes."
2. Of low quality.
"That was a poor performance."
3. Used to express pity.
"Oh you poor little thing."
4. Deficient in a specified way.
"Cow's milk is poor in iron."
5. Inadequate, insufficient.
"I received a poor reward for all my hard work."
6. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
Synonyms
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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