poor adjective (NO MONEY)
A1 having little money and/or few possessions:
Opposite
be poor in sth
B2 to have very little of a particular substance or quality:
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- The demonstrators seemed to be from a complete cross-section of society - male and female, old and young, rich and poor.
- Because of debt repayments, the divide between rich and poor countries is continuing to grow.
- Fair trade, say Oxfam, is about giving poor people power.
- When he started he was just a poor boy from the slums - now he's a multimillionaire.
- We certainly don't lead a life of luxury but we're not poor either.
poor adjective (BAD)
B2 not good; being of a very low quality, quantity, or standard:
a poor harvest
At last month's meeting, attendance was poor.
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- This novel is available in large print for readers with poor eyesight.
- Teachers shouldn't have to take all the blame for poor exam results.
- The land is so poor here that it cannot support any crops.
- The match was abandoned at half-time because of the poor weather conditions.
- He was fired from his $165 000 job for poor performance.
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the poor
C1 poor people considered together as a group:
housing for the poor