adjective

1. 1. lacking material possessions; having little or no means to support oneself; needy; impoverished
   2. indicating or characterized by poverty
2. lacking in some quality or thing; specif.,
   1. lacking abundance; scanty; inadequate poor crops
   2. lacking productivity; barren; sterile poor soil
   3. lacking nourishment; feeble; emaciated a poor body
   4. lacking excellence or worth; below average, inferior, bad, etc. or paltry, mean, insignificant, etc.
   5. lacking good moral or mental qualities; mean-spirited; contemptible
   6. lacking pleasure, comfort, or satisfaction to have a poor time
   7. lacking skill
3. worthy of pity; unfortunate

Etymology: ME pore < OFr povre < L pauper, poor < IE base *pōu-, small > few, foal