Noun

• S: (n) poor people, poor (people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)) "the urban poor need assistance"

Adjective

• S: (adj) hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched (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"
• similar to
• S: (adj) unfortunate (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune) "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
• derivationally related form
• antonym
• S: (adj) poor (having little money or few possessions) "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
• S: (adj) poor (characterized by or indicating poverty) "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"
• S: (adj) poor (lacking in quality or substances) "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"; "the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality"
• S: (adj) inadequate, poor, short, jejune (of insufficient quantity to meet a need) "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"; "the jejune diets of the very poor"