POOR Synonyms

• having undesirable or negative qualities

• feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

• that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency

• with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

• very much; strongly

• serious or severe

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

• not capable of being collected

• below average in quality or performance

• nonstandard

• not financially safe or secure

• physically unsound or diseased

• capable of harming

• characterized by wickedness or immorality

• reproduced fraudulently

• not working properly

• someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

• financially ruined

• reduce to bankruptcy

• marked by poverty befitting a beggar

• (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

• lacking funds

• marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences

• poor enough to need help from others

• completely wanting or lacking

• marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences

• extremely hungry

• not having enough money to pay for necessities

• poor enough to need help from others

• destroyed financially

• poor enough to need help from others

• inadequate in amount or degree

• nonexistent

• poor enough to need help from others

• needy people collectively

• poor enough to need help from others

• demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree

• not having enough money to pay for necessities

• not having enough money to pay for necessities

• excessively unwilling to spend

• lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society

• bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

• squeeze together

• a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

• any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

• any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

• the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person

• a division of some larger or more complex organization

• the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm

• prepare oneself for a military confrontation

• supply with arms