1.moderate to inferior in quality;
they improved the quality from mediocre to above average
2.deserving or inciting pity;
a hapless victim
3.having little money or few possessions;
deplored the gap between rich and poor countries
4.characterized by or indicating lack of money;
the country had a poor economy
5.low in degree;
expectations were poor
6.badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances;
a poor land
7.not sufficient to meet a need;
an inadequate income
8.unsatisfactory;
a poor light for reading
9.yielding little by great labor;
a hardscrabble farm