Definition of poor

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Poor (superl.) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse..

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Dull-sighted :: Dull-sighted (a.) Having poor eyesight.
Impression :: Impression (n.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time..
Charity :: Charity (n.) Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity..
Almshouse :: Almshouse (n.) A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.
Rascality :: Rascality (n.) The poorer and lower classes of people.
Creature :: Creature (n.) A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature..
Sorrily :: Sorrily (adv.) In a sorry manner; poorly.
Poorbox :: Poorbox (n.) A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.
Fund :: Fund (n.) An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object..
Overseer :: Overseer (n.) One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways..
Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
Hovel :: Hovel (n.) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut..
Indigent :: Indigent (a.) Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.
Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes poor; as, a bunchy mine..
Resistance :: Resistance (n.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm..
Vespillo :: Vespillo (n.) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.
Shabby :: Shabby (n.) Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business..
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
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