poor

adjective
[L3812]

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • positive : poor
  • comparative : poorer
  • superlative : poorest

Senses

  • person living in poverty
  • living in poverty, lacking wealth; sense is largely financial (and metaphorical extension limited to animate/org arg1s)
  • unsatisfactory, rated on the low end, evaluated as having little of some feature or capability
  • unfortunate, pitiable

poor

noun
[L325710]

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • singular : poor
  • plural : poors

Senses

  • 50-75% Australian Bureau of Statistics measure of how accurately a statistical region represents the suburb/locality based on the percentage of common population