| ADJECTIVE | all | poor, hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched | deserving or inciting pity |
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| all | poor | having little money or few possessions | |
| all | poor | characterized by or indicating poverty | |
| all | poor | lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances | |
| all | poor, inadequate, short, jejune | not sufficient to meet / meet a need | |
| NOUN | group | poor, poor people | people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) |
| Sounds | puh'r | |
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| Rhymes | allure ... Ur: 39 rhymes with uhr... | |
| Meaning | deserving or inciting pity. | |
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| Synonyms | hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched | |
| Broader | unfortunate | not favored by fortune |
| Spanish | cuitado, desafortunado, desdichado, desgraciado, desventurado, infeliz, infortunado, lastimoso, miserable, mísero, pobre, triste | |
| Catalan | desafortunat, desgraciat, desventurat, dissortat, infeliç, llastimós, miserable, pobre, trist | |
| Adverbs | poorly | ('ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner |
| Meaning | Having little money or few possessions. | |
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| Attribute of | financial condition | The condition of (corporate or personal) finances |
| Narrower | broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke | lacking funds |
| destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken | Poor enough to need help from others | |
| hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched | not having enough money to pay for necessities | |
| moneyless | Having no money | |
| unprovided for | Without income or means | |
| See also | underprivileged | lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society |
| Opposite | rich | possessing material wealth |
| Spanish | pobre | |
| Catalan | pobre | |
| Nouns | poorness | the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions |
| Meaning | Characterized by or indicating poverty. | |
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| Narrower | beggarly, mean | marked by poverty befitting a beggar |
| slummy | (of housing or residential areas) indicative of poverty | |
| Opposite | rich | Suggestive of or characterized by great expense |
| Spanish | pobre | |
| Catalan | pobre | |
| Nouns | poorness | the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions |
| Meaning | lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances. | |
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| Narrower | resourceless | lacking or deficient in natural resources |
| Opposite | rich | Having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources) |
| Spanish | pobre | |
| Catalan | pobre | |
| Nouns | poorness | less than adequate |
| poorness | the quality of being meager | |
| Meaning | not sufficient to meet / meet a need. | |
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| Example | "a poor salary" | |
| Synonyms | inadequate, short, jejune | |
| Broader | insufficient, deficient | Of a quantity not able to fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement |
| Spanish | bajo, escaso, exiguo, insuficiente | |
| Catalan | baix, escàs, exigu, insuficient | |
| Nouns | poorness | the quality of being meager |
| Meaning | People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group). | |
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| Example | "the urban poor need assistance" | |
| Synonym | poor people | |
| Narrower | homeless | poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in |
| needy | needy people collectively | |
| Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
| Opposite | rich people, rich | People who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group) |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Catalan | pobres | |
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