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poor adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced American Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com Oxford logo Toggle navigation Redeem Upgrade Help Sign in Dictionaries Dictionaries home English American English Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammar home Practical English Usage Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta) Word Lists Word Lists home My Word Lists Topics Recent additions Resources Resources home Text Checker Sign in Dictionaries Dictionaries home English American English Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammar home Practical English Usage Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta) Word Lists Word Lists home My Word Lists Topics Recent additions Resources Resources home Text Checker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP American English English American English Academic English Collocations Practical English Usage German-English English-German English American English Enter search text Definition of poor adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary poor adjective adjective NAmE / / pʊr / / , NAmE / / pɔr / / ( poorer , poorest ) jump to other results having little money 1 having very little money; not having enough money for basic needs They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids. We aim to help the poorest families. It's among the poorer countries of the world. opposite rich Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English. 2 the poor noun [ plural ] people who have very little money They provided food and shelter for the poor. opposite rich unfortunate 3 [ only before noun ] deserving sympathy Have you heard about poor old Harry? His wife's left him. It's hungry—the poor little thing. “I have tons of homework to do.” “Oh, you poor thing .” not good 4 not good; of a quality that is low or lower than expected the party's poor performance in the election to be in poor health It was raining heavily and visibility was poor. poor food/light/soil to have a poor opinion of someone (= to not think well of someone) 5 ( of a person ) not good or skilled at something a poor swimmer a poor judge of character She's a good teacher but a poor manager. a poor sailor (= someone who easily gets sick at sea) having little of something 6 poor in something having very small amounts of something a country poor in natural resources soil poor in nutrients opposite rich Thesaurus poor disadvantaged needy low-income impoverished deprived penniless hard up These words all describe someone who has very little or no money and therefore cannot satisfy their basic needs. poor having very little money; not having enough money for basic needs: They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids. disadvantaged having less money and fewer opportunities than most people in society: economically disadvantaged areas of the city needy poor: It's a charity that provides assistance to needy children. low-income having less money to live on than most people in society: Our agency helps low-income families pay their heating bills. impoverished ( journalism ) poor: Thousands of impoverished families in rural areas are desperate to move to the cities. deprived [usually before noun] without enough food, education, and all the things that are necessary for people to live a happy and comfortable life which word? Poor is the most general of these words and can be used to describe yourself, another individual person, people as a group, or a country or an area. Needy is mostly used to describe people considered as a group. It is not used to talk about yourself or individual people: poor/needy/low-income children/families They were too needy to buy shoes for the kids. Low-income is a polite way to describe people who are poor. Impoverished is used, especially in journalism, to talk about poor countries and the people who live there. To talk about poor areas in rich countries, use deprived . penniless ( literary ) having no money; very poor: He died penniless in Paris. hard up ( informal ) having very little money, especially for a short period of time: I was always hard up as a student. Patterns poor/disadvantaged/needy/low-income/impoverished/deprived/penniless/hard-up people/families poor/disadvantaged/needy/low-income/impoverished/deprived areas poor/disadvantaged/low-income/impoverished countries a(n) poor/disadvantaged/impoverished/deprived background Idioms the poor man's somebody/something jump to other results a person or thing that is similar, to but of a lower quality than, a particular famous person or thing Sparkling white wine is the poor man's champagne. See poor in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Check pronunciation: poor Other results All matches dirt poor adjective time-poor adjective poor relation noun the working poor noun the poor man's somebody/something be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. taste Idioms the poor man's somebody/something be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. taste Nearby words pooper scooper noun poop out phrasal verb poor adjective poorhouse noun poorly adverb