| noun | people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) “the urban poor need assistance” |
| adjective | deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy “a hapless victim” |
| adjective | having little money or few possessions “deplored the gap between rich and poor countries” |
| adjective | characterized by or indicating poverty “the country had a poor economy” |
| adjective | lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances “a poor land” |
| adjective | not sufficient to meet a need “an inadequate income” |
| adjective | unsatisfactory “a poor light for reading” |
| miserableness | noun | a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune |
| pathos | noun | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others |
| pity | noun | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others |
| wretchedness | noun | a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune |
| poorness | noun | the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions |
| inadequateness | noun | unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate |
| shortness | noun | the condition of being short of something |