Adjective
1. moderate to inferior in quality;
"they improved the quality from mediocre to above average""he would make a poor spy"2. 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"3. having little money or few possessions;
"deplored the gap between rich and poor countries""the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"4. characterized by or indicating lack of money;
"the country had a poor economy"5. low in degree;
"expectations were poor"6. badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances;
"a poor land""the area was poor in timber and coal""food poor in nutritive value"7. 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"8. unsatisfactory;
"a poor light for reading""poor morale"9. yielding little by great labor;
"a hardscrabble farm""poor soil"