poor

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