Poor

1. Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.
2. A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.
3. Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
4. Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
5. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
6. Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt.
7. Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected
8. Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.
9. Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
10. Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.
11. Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
12. Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.
13. So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.