Dictionary Entry
poor
poor is a 4-letter English word with 20 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 20 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
- 2superlative
So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
- 3superlative
Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected
- 4superlative
Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.
- 5superlative
Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.
- 6superlative
Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.
- 7superlative
Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.
- 8superlative
Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
- 9superlative
Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
- 10superlative
Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
- 11superlative
Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt.
- 12superlative
Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
- 13noun
A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.
- 14noun
people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
"the urban poor need assistance"
- 15adjective
deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy
"a hapless victim"
"miserable victims of war"
- 16adjective
unsatisfactory
"a poor light for reading"
"poor morale"
- 17adjective
having little money or few possessions
"deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"
"the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
- 18adjective
lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances
"a poor land"
"the area was poor in timber and coal"
- 19adjective
characterized by or indicating poverty
"the country had a poor economy"
"they lived in the poor section of town"
- 20adjective
not sufficient to meet a need
"an inadequate income"
"a poor salary"
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