poor
Example Sentences
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What characterizes poor households isn’t that people earn the minimum wage.
Mr. Mamdani’s appeal wasn’t primarily to the working poor, but to professional-class voters who felt cheated by their lack of success despite strong credentials.
My father was a doctor who worked at a clinic in a poor section of Karachi.
Her behavioral and mental-health issues have been compounded by poor vision and hearing loss.
From MarketWatch
"The 40 years that we had of Wylfa has left us as still one of the poorest areas in Wales."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.