Meaning of poor | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.
   plural, plural-only
2. A poor person.
   countable
3. With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them
4. A surname
5. the second-to-last placer in Tycoon
   plural, plural-only
6. Synonym of poor cod.
   obsolete
7. Of low quality
8. Poor people considered as a group: The urban poor are in need of homes.
9. Worthy of pity
10. armheid بُؤْس ، فَقْر бедност pobreza chudoba die Armut fattigdom φτώχειαpobreza vaesus فقر؛ بدی kehnous pauvretéעוני निकृष्टता, अपकृष्टता, विगुणता, त्रुटि, कमी, खोट, कसर, ख़ामी oskudica, siromaština szegény(es)ség kemiskinan fátækt povertà 貧しさ 졸렬, 결핍 skurdumas nabadzība; trūcīgums; nepietiekamība kemiskinan slechte kwaliteit fattigdombieda فقر pobreza sărăcie бедность; неудовлетворительность chudoba revščina siromaštvo dålig beskaffenhet ความยากจน yoksulluk 貧窮 бідність; убогість غربت tình tr...
11. Deficient in a specified way
12. not well; badly. a poorly written essay. swak بِرداءَه، بصورَةٍ سَيِّئَه лошо mal uboze dürftig dårligt άσχημαmal halvasti بد؛ بطور بد huonosti pauvrementדל, גרוע जैसे-तैसे, किसी तरह से, ज्यों-त्यों siromašan rosszul jelek illa, lélega male 下手に 나쁘게 prastai, menkai slikti; vāji; nepietiekami dgn teruk slechtdårligsłabo په بده توګه، بد mal prost плохо úboho revno jadno dåligt, illa อย่างเลว kötü/fena bir şekilde 貧窮地，拙劣地 бідно, убого ناقص طور پر tồi 贫穷地，拙劣地
13. Inadequate, insufficient
14. ill. He is very poorly. siek مَريض болен doente nemocný kränklich syg άρρωστοςpachucho, malo, indispuesto haige بیمار sairas malade חָש לא טוֹב अस्वस्थ prilično se loše osjeća rosszul érzi magát sakit lasinn in cattiva salute 病気の 병든 ligotas, nesveikas slims; nevesels sakit ziekdårlig, skralchory ناروغ doente bolnav нездоровый chorý bolehen loše sjuk สุขภาพแย่ hasta 健康不佳的 хворий, недужий بيمار ốm yếu 健康不佳的
15. pobre, necesitado-a; deficiente;in ___ condition → en mala condición, en mal estado.
16. Having insufficient wealth to meet the necessities or comforts of life or to live in a manner considered acceptable in a society.
17. Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.
18. Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior: a poor performance; poor wages.
19. Negative, unfavorable, or disapproving: has a poor opinion of the mayor.
20. Undernourished; lean. Used especially of animals.

Equivalents

Examples

“...when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? For this ointment might haue bin sold for much, and giuen to the poore. When Iesus vnderstood it, he said vnto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good worke vpon me. For ye haue the poore alwayes with you, but me ye haue not alwayes.”

“Harry Truman used to say that 13 or 14 million Americans had their interests represented in Washington, but that the rest of the people had to depend on the President of the United States. That is how I felt about the 35 million American poor. They had no voice and no champion. Whatever the cost, I was determined to represent them. Through me they would have an advocate and, I believed, new hope.”

“Then there have not always been proletarians? No. There have always been poor and working classes; and those who worked were almost always the poor. But there have not always been proletarians, just as competition has not always been free.”

“He is glad to see me and tells me that during his absence from the parish one of the women beggars died. Usually in these cases the state comes and takes the body away in a bag, to incinerate, but this time, because of his teachings, the other poor decided that she deserved a real funeral.”

“This is the same Randian bullshit that we've been hearing from people like Brooks for ages and its entire premise is really revolting and insulting—this idea that the way society works is that the productive "rich" feed the needy "poor," and that any attempt by the latter to punish the former for "excesses" might inspire Atlas to Shrug his way out of town and leave the helpless poor on their own to starve. That's basically Brooks's entire argument here. Yes, the rich and powerful do rig the game in their own favor, and yes, they are guilty of "excesses"—but fucking deal with it, if you want to eat.”

“The sun shines on the rich and the poor alike but, come the rain, the rich have better umbrellas.”

“The poor are always with us.”

“The rich are often so insulated from reality that they think the poor have extra money they could save for more than a short time.”

“The poors are at it again.”

“...me vint of ane king to huam a poure acsede ane peny...”

“He had given somewhat to every poore in the Parish.”

“So what happened? It’s fun to point the finger. Some say it was the poors, or the uneducateds, or even the third-party voters. No matter the scenario, it’s always fun to blame someone else and throw up your hands (while a finger on each is pointed of course).”

“I don't understand, Simmons! I have all the money in the world, but I'm still unhappy! […] It must be the poors! Those leeches have been stealing my happiness somehow!”

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