Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.

Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected

Refers to the condition of a book that is sufficiently worn.

badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"

a grading term for a coin that is so badly worn that you can barely recognize the type and date. See “About Good.

Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.

Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt.

moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor spy"

Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.

Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.

having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"

yielding little by great labor; "a hardscrabble farm"; "poor soil"

Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.

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"

A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.

Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.

Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.

39 High-pressure and low-pressure sodium discharge lamps The chromaticity of eight (or 14) test colours standardized in DIN 6169 that occur when they are illuminated by the light source being tested are compared with the same test colour when illuminated by the reference light source. The smaller the difference the better the colour rendering property of the lamp being tested. A light source with an Ra value of 100 shows all the colours perfectly, as in the case of the reference light source. The lower the Ra value, the worse the colour rendering. Test colours for Ra8

unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"

To dream that you, or any of your friends, appear to be poor, is significant of worry and losses. See Pauper.

condition description. See Reading Copy

As stated, a copy which may be damaged and tattered but the text is still readable. Below a 'reader' copy

Rating used at FBA festivals. Very poor performance. Considerable improvement is required at every phase.

refers to persons in households with incomes below Statistics Canada's Low Income Cut-off (LICO) lines.

Rating for job and industry outlooks on this site. Based on our research, we estimate that finding work in the industry or occupation is relatively difficult.

Qualifies a coffee of really common flavor.

characterized by or indicating lack of money; "the country had a poor economy"

low in degree; "expectations were poor"