poor

having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"

characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"

lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"

deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"

unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"

people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"