poor

1. People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) (synset 108196123)
   "the urban poor need assistance"
   domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
   is a type of: people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
   subtypes:

   • homeless - poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in
   • needy - needy people collectively
   same as: poor people

1. Deserving or inciting pity (synset 301054589)
   "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
   similar to: unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
   same as: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched
2. Having little money or few possessions (synset 302030204)
   "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
   also: underprivileged - lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society
   tells us about: financial condition - the condition of (corporate or personal) finances
   similar to:

   • broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke - lacking funds
   • destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken - poor enough to need help from others
   • hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched - not having enough money to pay for necessities
   • moneyless - having no money
   • unprovided for - without income or means
3. Characterized by or indicating poverty (synset 302032876)
   "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"
   similar to:

   • beggarly, mean - marked by poverty befitting a beggar
   • slummy - (of housing or residential areas) indicative of poverty
4. Lacking in quality or substances (synset 302031662)
   "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"; "the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality"
   similar to: resourceless - lacking or deficient in natural resources
5. Of insufficient quantity to meet a need (synset 302344882)
   "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
   similar to: deficient, insufficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
   same as: inadequate, jejune, short

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