having very little money; not having enough money for basic needs. They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids. We aim to help the poorest families. Time-poor · Poor relation noun · The Poor Law noun

having very little money; not having enough money for basic needs. They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids. We aim to help the poorest families.

Of a person or people: having few, or no, material possessions; lacking the means to procure the comforts or necessities of life, or to live at a standard ...

What does the noun poor mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun poor. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

something that is not treated with as much respect as other similar things because it is not thought to be as good, important or successful.

poor relation ... something that is not treated with as much respect as other similar things because it is not thought to be as good, important, or successful The ...

[plural] ​people who have jobs where they earn very little money. The working poor have little choice but to take more than one job at a time.

​an offensive way to describe something that you think is of a very low standard. That band really was piss-poor. That's a piss-poor excuse.

poverty · ​. [uncountable] the state of being poor. conditions of extreme/abject poverty; to alleviate poverty; in poverty Many elderly people live in poverty. Fuel poverty · Poverty line · Poverty trap

Definition of dirt poor adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, ...