Definitions for poor

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poor poor

Spelling: [poo r]

IPA: /pʊər/

Poor is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in poor (oopr).

Definitions for poor

noun

1. (used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):

Idioms

1. poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.
2. poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

adjective

1. having little or no money, goods, or other means of support:
2. Law. dependent upon charity or public support.
3. (of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.
4. characterized by or showing poverty.
5. deficient or lacking in something specified:
6. faulty or inferior, as in construction:
7. deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like:
8. excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.
9. of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind:
10. lacking in skill, ability, or training:
11. deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.
12. scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number:
13. humble; modest:
14. unfortunate; hapless:

Origin of poor

1150-1200; Middle English pov(e)re Old French povre Latin pauper. See pauper

Examples for poor

But most likely it was linked to the way priests identify with the poor in the face of government and criminal abuses.

What they actually mean by that is, you know, he actually knows some people that are poor.

If so, he has his silence -- on top of poor judgment -- to blame.

Eudora was a mere infant when Phidias bought her of a poor goatherd in Phelle.

Ask the poor fisherman at the gates, who has been to him as a brother; and he will answer 'Anaxagoras.'

He would not adopt a nameless orphan, found with a poor goatherd of Phelle.

For those living in poor communities in particular, interactions with police rarely come with good news and a smile.

Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.

Men who take from the poor daily interest for a drachma, and spend it in debauchery.

"It is partly for your sake that I wish it, my poor child," said he.