Definitions:

1. characterized by or indicating poverty adjective
   • the country had a poor economy
2. having little money or few possessions adjective
   • deplored the gap between rich and poor countries
3. lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances adjective
   • a poor land
4. people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) noun
   • the urban poor need assistance
5. unsatisfactory adjective
   • a poor light for reading

Synonyms:

• miserable
• poor people
• short

NearBy Words:

• poor-spirited
• poorhouse
• poorly
• poorness
• poorwill