poor person
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- noun
- /pʊr ˈpɜrsən/
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persona pobre
- Unfortunately, most delivery services require a computer and internet access, which poor people don't always have access to.
What if the poor people could offer to borrow from the rich people?
- What if the poor people could offer to borrow from the rich people?
- Buy time like a rich person, buy stuff like a poor person.
- Or think money is evil the way poor people do, right?
- For example, in Old English, a poor person was known as an unfortunate, right?
- So it's on several accounts decreases the amount of poor people, therefore more people become rich.
- So a poor person who is convicted and sentenced is going to be dependent upon some.
- It's possible that a poor person could say that the rich is a hoity toity upper class snob.
Examples
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What has the average poor person done to be worth higher pay?
Blog text (25) -
Second of all, that poor person out there just wanted to eat their feelings and enjoy their evening.
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And the question is, what does a state have to provide a poor person to counter that?
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The poor person in Switzerland is not a poor person when it comes to buying healthcare.
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The overall level of federal and state spending per poor person was up more than 300 percent between 1967 and 1990.
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But Andy's showing you how a poor person views money, income and expenses.
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Many organizations provide assistance to a poor person in need of food and shelter.
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The community organized a fundraiser to help a poor person pay for medical expenses.
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It is important to support programs that uplift a poor person out of poverty.
Synonyms
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7.3
A person who has little money and few things
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7.4
A very poor person who depends on public charity
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8.1
A person who is very poor and needs help
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7.7
A person with no money, job, or home
Antonyms
How Poor
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who has little or no money, possessions, or resources' is directly and transparently derived from combining the adjective 'poor' (having insufficient financial resources) with 'person' (a human individual). This is a regular adjective+noun composition common across languages and standard English, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The phrase poor person brings to mind a poor person with empty pockets or a small bowl for food. That's why it means 'a person who has little or no money or things'.