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

1. superlative. Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
2. superlative. So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
3. superlative. Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected
4. superlative. Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.
5. superlative. Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.
6. superlative. Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.
7. superlative. Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.
8. superlative. Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
9. superlative. Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
10. superlative. Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
11. superlative. 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.
12. superlative. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
13. noun. A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.
14. noun. people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

    "the urban poor need assistance"

15. adjective. deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy

    "a hapless victim"

    "miserable victims of war"

    Synonyms: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched

16. adjective. unsatisfactory

    "a poor light for reading"

    "poor morale"

17. adjective. having little money or few possessions

    "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"

    "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"

18. adjective. lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances

    "a poor land"

    "the area was poor in timber and coal"

19. adjective. characterized by or indicating poverty

    "the country had a poor economy"

    "they lived in the poor section of town"

20. adjective. not sufficient to meet a need

    "an inadequate income"

    "a poor salary"

    Synonyms: inadequate, short

Synonyms

hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched, inadequate, short

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in poor:

proo, roop

Common word forms

poorer, poorly, poorest, poorness

Words from these letters

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