poor
     adj 1: moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality
            from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor
            spy" [syn: {mediocre}, {second-rate}]
     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" [syn: {hapless}, {miserable}, {misfortunate},
         {pathetic}, {piteous}, {pitiable}, {pitiful}, {wretched}]
     3: having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap
        between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor
        artist living in a garret" [ant: {rich}]
     4: characterized by or indicating lack of money; "the country
        had a poor economy" [ant: {rich}]
     5: low in degree; "expectations were poor"
     6: badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances; "a
        poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food
        poor in nutritive value" [ant: {rich}]
     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" [syn: {inadequate},
         {short}]
     8: unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"
     9: yielding little by great labor; "a hardscrabble farm"; "poor
        soil" [syn: {hardscrabble}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0