poor in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   hapless  miserable  misfortunate  pathetic  piteous  pitiable  pitiful  poor  wretched 
   
2. 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"
   inadequate  poor  short 
   
3. having little money or few possessions
   "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
   poor 
   
4. lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances
   "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"
   poor 
   
5. characterized by or indicating poverty
   "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"
   poor 
   
6. unsatisfactory
   "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"
   poor 
   

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