better-off

[bet-er-awf, -of] / ˈbɛt ərˈɔf, -ˈɒf /

ADJECTIVE

being in a more advantageous position

Synonyms

WEAK

happier more fortunate

Example Sentences

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Both better-off and worse-off women were indelibly imprinted by childhood Saturdays dedicated to Fascist observances, later by the wartime horror of not knowing whether bombs and bullets were coming from the Blackshirts, the Germans or the Allies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Better-off Venezuelans left on airplanes.

From The Wall Street Journal

The government said offering an alternative would "break down barriers to opportunity", because white working class pupils were twice as likely to need to resit than their better-off classmates.

From BBC

It’s not to drag the relatively better-off down to the bottom, but to allow more people to pull themselves up.

From Slate

Coming from a relatively better-off family, Seok lived close to the border with China and had access to K-pop and K-drama through smuggled USBs and SD cards.

From BBC