poor
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
poor/pɔː(r)/
▶adjective
- 1 lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal.
- 2 of a low or inferior standard or quality.
■ (poor in) lacking in.
- 3 deserving of pity or sympathy.
– phrases
the poor man's —— an inferior or cheaper substitute for the thing specified.
poor relation a person or thing that is considered inferior to others of the same type or group.
take a poor view of regard with disapproval.
the poor man's —— an inferior or cheaper substitute for the thing specified.
poor relation a person or thing that is considered inferior to others of the same type or group.
take a poor view of regard with disapproval.
– derivatives
poorness noun.
poorness noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. poure, from L. pauper.
'poor' also found in these Oxford entries:
account
- ailing
- alms
- almshouse
- apology
- -aster
- attention deficit disorder
- bad
- badly
- barren
- basic
- blind side
- bloody
- B-movie
- boneshaker
- buckeen
- chilblain
- chintzy
- chronic
- cold
- cranky
- crap
- cyanosis
- depauperate
- derelict
- dervish
- destitute
- developing country
- dire
- dirt farmer
- dirt poor
- disrepair
- dog
- dogberry
- drugget
- dystrophic
- ebb
- El Niño
- excuse
- flash
- flashgun
- garbage
- grot
- grotty
- groupthink
- gutter
- hypostasis
- ill
- ill health
- impoverish
