- poor⇄adj. 1. having few things or nothing; lacking money or property; needy.
Ex. The children were so poor that they had no shoes. The poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb (II Samuel 12:3).
2. not good in quality; lacking something need - poor⇄noun poorness.
- poor⇄noun the poor, persons who have very little or nothing.
Ex. The destruction of the poor is their poverty (Proverbs 10:15). - poor⇄poor, adjective, noun.