Definition of poor

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Poor (superl.) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse..

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Depauperate :: Depauperate (v. t. & i.) To make poor; to impoverish.
Spoor :: Spoor (n.) The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa..
Birrus :: Birrus (n.) A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head..
Scyphus :: Scyphus (n.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk..
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..
Soul :: Soul (n.) A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul..
Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly..
Woful :: Woful (a.) Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.
Degenerate :: Degenerate (v. i.) To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse..
Poor :: Poor (n.) A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.
Land-poor :: Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
Whip-poor-will :: Whip-poor-will (n.) An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening.
Eleemosynary :: Eleemosynary (a.) Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor..
Rhymer :: Rhymer (n.) One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings..
Limp :: Limp (n.) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods..
Cracker :: Cracker (n.) A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.
Render :: Render (v. t.) To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner..
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