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adj. indigent, poor; miserable, woeful; wretched, pitiable; deficient, lacking

n. people who live in poverty, indigents

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Adjective
1. moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor spy"
(synonym) mediocre, second-rate
(similar) inferior
2. deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
(synonym) hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched
(similar) unfortunate
3. having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
(antonym) rich
(similar) broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke
(see-also) underprivileged
(attribute) financial condition, economic condition
4. characterized by or indicating lack of money; "the country had a poor economy"
(antonym) rich
(similar) beggarly, mean
5. low in degree; "expectations were poor"
(similar) low
6. badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"
(antonym) rich
(similar) resourceless
7. not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"
(synonym) inadequate, short
(similar) insufficient, deficient
8. unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"
(similar) bad
9. yielding little by great labor; "a hardscrabble farm"; "poor soil"
(synonym) hardscrabble
(similar) unfruitful

příd.jm. chudý; špatný; slabý; ubohý

n. chudí

Przym. biedny; słaby