poor
/pʊɚ/ adjective A1- With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. · We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes.
- Of low quality. · That was a poor performance.
- Worthy of pity. · Oh, you poor thing, you're drenched!· This poor little puppy got a nasty snake bite.
- Deficient in a specified way. · Cow's milk is poor in iron.
- Inadequate, insufficient. · I received a poor reward for all my hard work.· Business is poor right now.
- Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
Comparative poorer · Superlative poorest
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“Yes—yes: poor Captain Leclere!
“Say I have a poor father, sir.”
Is this not more than a poor sailor like me could have hoped for?”
“Yes, ma’am, that he was indeed; and his son will be just like him--just as affable to the poor.”
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