eng: poor

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means(noun) people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"
poor people, poor
means(adjective) deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
pitiable, miserable, pathetic, hapless, pitiful, misfortunate, piteous, poor, wretched
means(adjective) having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
poor
means(adjective) characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"
poor
means(adjective) lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"
poor
means(adjective) not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"
short, inadequate, poor
means(adjective) unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"
poor

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