Poor
//pʊɚ//
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The word "poor" can be used as adjective, noun, adjective, verb and proper noun.
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Europoor Little Sister of the Poor Poor Tom antipoor being poor is a mindset being poor is a state of mind cash poor cash-poor court poor box deserving poor dirt poor dirt-poor fuel-poor have a poor time of it house poor impoor in poor taste income-poor insurance poor iron-poor land poor land-poor metal-poor nonpoor oxygen-poor piss poor piss-poor poor as Job poor as Job's turkey poor as a barber's cat poor as a church mouse poor as a rat poor box poor boy poor dab poor devil poor diddums poor doer poor door poor farm poor form poor house poor is a mindset poor is a state of mind poor knights of Windsor poor law poor little boy poor little girl poor little meow meow poor little rich boy poor little rich girl poor loser poor man of mutton poor man's poor man's Tiffany poor man's asparagus poor man's black velvet poor man's butter poor man's cake poor man's caviar poor man's copyright poor man's diamond poor man's ginseng poor man's goose poor man's latte poor man's manure poor man's orchid poor man's pizza poor man's racehorse poor man's sauce poor man's steak poor man's umbrella poor man's weatherglass poor metal poor mouth poor old poor power poor pussy poor rate poor relation poor relief poor show poor sport poor thing poor white trash poor-john poor-mouth poor-quality poor-spirited poor-spiritedness poorhouse poorish poorism poorling poorly poormaster poormouth poorness pooron poorsies quite poor semipoor the poor we will always have with us time-poor ultrapoor undeserving poor whip-poor-will working poor
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beggarly beggarly broke bust deficient destitute hard up impecunious impoverished in straitened circumstances in straitened circumstances indigent insufficient mean moneyless moneyless necessitous needy penniless penurious pinched poverty stricken poverty-stricken resourceless resourceless skint slummy slummy stone broke stone-broke stony-broke underprivileged unfortunate unprovided for unprovided for
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