Definition of poor

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Poor (superl.) Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night..

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Penny-a-liner :: Penny-a-liner (n.) One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer.
Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery..
Seedy :: Seedy (superl.) Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy coat..
Power :: Power (n.) Same as Poor, the fish..
Meanly :: Meanly (adv.) In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously.
Poor-spirited :: Poor-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.
Deacon :: Deacon (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and
Sorry :: Sorry (a.) Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night..
Meagrely :: Meagrely (adv.) Poorly; thinly.
Bedehouse :: Bedehouse (n.) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
Sporades :: Spoor (v. i.) To follow a spoor or trail.
Beggarly :: Beggarly (a.) In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible..
Popularity :: Popularity (n.) The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity..
Pour :: Pour (a.) Poor.
Eleemosynary :: Eleemosynary (a.) Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor..
Rascality :: Rascality (n.) The poorer and lower classes of people.
Vespillo :: Vespillo (n.) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.
Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes poor; as, a bunchy mine..
Poorhouse :: Poorhouse (n.) A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.
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