Definition of poor

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Poor (superl.) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture..

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Seedy :: Seedy (superl.) Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy coat..
Poverty :: Poverty (n.) The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.
Worse :: Worse (compar.) Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in a physical and moral sense..
Footy :: Footy (a.) Poor; mean.
Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly..
Evil :: Evil (a.) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop..
Moor :: Moor (n.) An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath..
Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman..
Lopsided :: Lopsided (a.) Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies.
Meanly :: Meanly (adv.) In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously.
Fund :: Fund (n.) An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object..
Land-poor :: Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
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.
Garreteer :: Garreteer (n.) One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.
Depauperate :: Depauperate (v. t. & i.) To make poor; to impoverish.
Poorly :: Poorly (a.) Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings..
Misthrive :: Misthrive (v. i.) To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous.
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