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"需要を満たすのに十分でない貧しい
例:a poor salary 貧しい給料
lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"特定の資源、特性または物質が不足するさま貧乏
例:a poor land やせた土地
having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"お金または所有物がほとんどないさま貧困
例:deplored the gap between rich and poor countries 豊かな国と貧しい国の格差を嘆く
characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"貧困に特徴づけられる、または、貧困を示す貧困
例:The country had a poor economy. 国は貧弱な経済状態だった。
unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"不満足な貧しい