The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 14 letter word UNSATISFACTORY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result UNSATISFACTORY
- USA isn't perturbed over plant? That's poor
- Mediocre university student initially works about half the weekend
- Poor saint, moving among us, works
- Plant holding up broken units as not good enough
- It’s fun, say, but wrong, sandwiching player — not OK
- Weak plant put under sun as it moved around
- Lousy and ill-fitting caftan? It’s yours
- Poor plant placed under sun as it withered
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The straight part
We know that "poor" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case poor = unsatisfactory.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does UNSATISFACTORY mean?
UNSATISFACTORY adjective- Inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory