Definition of poor

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Poor (superl.) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.

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Scribbling :: Scribbling (a.) Writing hastily or poorly.
Limp :: Limp (n.) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Overseer :: Overseer (n.) One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways..
Impart :: Impart (n.) To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth..
Poorhouse :: Poorhouse (n.) A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.
Penniless :: Penniless (a.) Destitute of money; impecunious; poor.
Meanness :: Meanness (n.) The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess..
Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business..
Poorliness :: Poorliness (n.) The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.
Meanly :: Meanly (adv.) In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously.
Bedehouse :: Bedehouse (n.) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
Soul :: Soul (n.) A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul..
Poorly :: Poorly (a.) Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.
Poor-spirited :: Poor-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil..
Misthrive :: Misthrive (v. i.) To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous.
Land-poor :: Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
Rascality :: Rascality (n.) The poorer and lower classes of people.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected.
Pauper :: Pauper (n.) A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor..
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