poor

adjective
/pʊɚ/

With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.

Example

“We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes.”

Other meanings

Of low quality.
“That was a poor performance.”
Worthy of pity.
“Oh, you poor thing, you're drenched!”

Example sentences

“So you have a broken back, you poor thing!”
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“My mom grew up very poor.”
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“The poor people loved her.”
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Word history

From Latin "pauper".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “poor” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.