"the urban poor need assistance"

"a hapless victim"
"miserable victims of war"
"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"
"piteous appeals for help"
"pitiable homeless children"
"a pitiful fate"
"Oh, you poor thing"
"his poor distorted limbs"
"a wretched life"

"deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"
"the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"

"the country had a poor economy"
"they lived in the poor section of town"

"a poor land"
"the area was poor in timber and coal"
"food poor in nutritive value"

"an inadequate income"
"a poor salary"
"money is short"
"on short rations"
"food is in short supply"
"short on experience"

"a poor light for reading"
"poor morale"
"expectations were poor"