a hapless victim.
a pitiful fate.
a poor land.
a poor salary.
a wretched life.
an inadequate income.
deplored the gap between rich and poor countries.
food is in short supply.
food poor in nutritive value.
his poor distorted limbs.
miserable victims of war.
money is short.
Oh, you poor thing.
on short rations.
piteous appeals for help.
pitiable homeless children.
short on experience.
the area was poor in timber and coal.
the country had a poor economy.
the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality.
the jejune diets of the very poor.
the proverbial poor artist living in a garret.
the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic.
the urban poor need assistance.
they lived in the poor section of town.