poor
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: lacking sufficient money
Synonyms:
bad off
bankrupt
beggared
beggarly
behind eight ball
broke
destitute
dirt poor
down-andout
empty-handed
flat
flat broke
fortuneless
hard up
impecunious
impoverished
indigent
in need
insolvent
in want
low
meager
moneyless
necessitous
needy
pauperized
penniless
penurious
pinched
povertystricken
reduced
scanty
stone broke
strapped
suffering
truly needy
underprivileged
unprosperous
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: deficient, inadequate
Synonyms:
base
below par
common
contemptible
crude
diminutive
dwarfed
exiguous
faulty
feeble
humble
imperfect
incomplete
inferior
insignificant
insufficient
lacking
low-grade
lowly
meager
mean
mediocre
miserable
modest
niggardly
ordinary
paltry
pitiable
pitiful
plain
reduced
rotten
scanty
second-rate
shabby
shoddy
skimpy
slight
sorry
sparse
subnormal
subpar
substandard
trifling
trivial
unsatisfactory
valueless
weak
worthless
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