• 1. lacking financial or other means of subsistence; needy
• 2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the )
• 3. characterized by or indicating poverty
• 4. deficient in amount; scanty or inadequate
• 5. badly supplied (with resources, materials, etc)
• 6. lacking in quality; inferior
• 7. giving no pleasure; disappointing or disagreeable
• 8. deserving of pity; unlucky
• 9. C13: from Old French povre, from Latin pauper; see pauper , poverty

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