Meaning

• (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.

  "The poor are always with us."

Meaning

• With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.

  "We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes."

• Of low quality.

  "That was a poor performance."

• Used to express pity.

  "Oh you poor little thing."

• Deficient in a specified way.

  "Cow's milk is poor in iron."

• Inadequate, insufficient.

  "I received a poor reward for all my hard work."

• Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.