poor

POOR, adjective [Latin pauper.]1. Wholly destitute of property, or not having property sufficient for a comfortable subsistence; needy. It is often synonymous with indigent, and with necessitous, denoting extreme want; it is also applied to persons who are not entirely destitute of property, but are not rich; as a poor man or woman; poor people2. In law, so destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.3. Destitute of strength, beauty or dignity; barren; mean; jejune; as a poor composition; a poor essay; a poor discourse.4. Destitute of value, worth or importance; of little use; trifling.That I have wronged no man, will be a poor plea or apology at the last day.5. Paltry; mean; of little value; as a poor coat; a poor house.6. Destitute of fertility; barren; exhausted; as poor land. The ground is become poor 7. Of little worth; unimportant; as in my poor opinion.8. Unhappy; pitiable.Vex'd sailors curse the rainFor which poor shepherds pray'd in vain.9. Mean; depressed; low; dejected; destitute of spirit.A soothsayer made Antonius believe that his genius, which was otherwise brave, was, in the presence of Octavianus, poor and cowardly.10. Lean; emaciated; as a poor horse. The ox is poor 11. Small, or of a bad quality; as a poor crop; a poor harvest.12. Uncomfortable; restless; ill. The patient has had a poor night.13. Destitute of saving grace. Revelation 3:17.14. In general, wanting good qualities, or the qualities which render a thing valuable, excellent, proper, or sufficient for its purpose; as a poor pen; a poor ship; a poor carriage; poor fruit; poor bread; poor wine, etc.15. A word of tenderness or pity; dear.POOR, little, pretty, fluttering thing.16. A word of slight contempt; wretched.The poor monk never saw many of the decrees and councils he had occasion to use.17. The poor collectively, used as a noun; those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy; in a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public.I have observed the more public provisions are made for the poor the less they provide for themselves.POOR in spirit, in a Scriptural sense, humble; contrite; abased in one's own sight by a sense of guilt. Matthew 5:3