Definition of poor

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Poor (superl.) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture..

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Slim :: Slim (superl.) Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument..
Offset :: Offset (n.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits..
Sporades :: Spoor (v. i.) To follow a spoor or trail.
Poor-spirited :: Poor-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.
Shabby :: Shabby (n.) Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc..
Garreteer :: Garreteer (n.) One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.
Vespillo :: Vespillo (n.) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
Rascality :: Rascality (n.) The poorer and lower classes of people.
Birrus :: Birrus (n.) A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head..
Hungry :: Hungry (superl.) Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil..
Destitute :: Destitute (a.) Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.
Almshouse :: Almshouse (n.) A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.
Acquit :: Acquit (v. t.) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly..
Degenerate :: Degenerate (v. i.) To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate..
Indigent :: Indigent (a.) Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.
Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman..
Rhymer :: Rhymer (n.) One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster.
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