Definition of poor:

part of speech: adjective

Having small means; needy; of little or no use or value; paltry; mean; wanting in strength, beauty, or dignity; not fertile, as a soil; worthy of compassion; spiritless; dejected; lean; emaciated; without good qualities; wretched or miserable, in contempt; in Scrip., humble or contrite.

Usage examples:

• We were poor and father and mother were getting on in years, and I couldn't leave them. in "".

• My poor wife was very fond of him. Marie Belloc Lowndes in "Jane Oglander".

• The poor are not the only class that need help. Marcus Dods in "The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I".

• " Here it is," she said, " 'Th' poor ye haave always with ye. Alexander Irvine in "My Lady of the Chimney Corner".