1. poor, poor people

people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

Example Sentences:
'the urban poor need assistance'

• poor people

2. hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched

deserving or inciting pity

Example Sentences:
'a hapless victim'
'miserable victims of war'
'the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic'
'piteous appeals for help'
'pitiable homeless children'
'a pitiful fate'
'Oh, you poor thing'
'his poor distorted limbs'
'a wretched life'

• hapless
• miserable
• misfortunate
• pathetic
• piteous
• pitiable
• pitiful
• wretched

3. poor

having little money or few possessions

Example Sentences:
'deplored the gap between rich and poor countries'
'the proverbial poor artist living in a garret'

• broke
• bust
• skint
• stone-broke
• stony-broke
• destitute
• impoverished
• indigent
• necessitous
• needy
• poverty-stricken
• hard up
• impecunious
• in straitened circumstances
• penniless
• penurious
• pinched
• moneyless
• unprovided for

4. poor

characterized by or indicating poverty

Example Sentences:
'the country had a poor economy'
'they lived in the poor section of town'

• beggarly
• mean
• slummy

5. poor

lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances

Example Sentences:
'a poor land'
'the area was poor in timber and coal'
'food poor in nutritive value'

6. inadequate, poor, short

not sufficient to meet a need

Example Sentences:
'an inadequate income'
'a poor salary'
'money is short'
'on short rations'
'food is in short supply'
'short on experience'

• inadequate
• short

• deficient
• insufficient

7. poor

unsatisfactory

Example Sentences:
'a poor light for reading'
'poor morale'
'expectations were poor'