(having only a little or no money and) not able to get the basic necessities of life
lacking sufficient money
Cases of word usage
1) money, food etc given to the poor (alms)
2) the condition of having poor blood, which makes a person pale and weak (anaemia)
3) (kindness in providing) money, food etc given to the poor (charity)
4) having a poor opinion of people, the future etc (disillusioned)
5) (of a person) (kept) poor and treated badly (downtrodden)
6) (of places) unpleasant; poor (godforsaken)
7) to give notes, equipment etc to each member of a group; to offer free food, blankets etc to poor people, flood victims etc (handout)
8) a small, poor house or hut (hovel)
9) in poor health; bad; badly (ill)
10) to cause (a person) to become poor (impoverish)