What does poor people mean?

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poor peo·ple

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. poor people, poornoun

    people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

    "the urban poor need assistance"

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  1. poor people

    Poor people refers to individuals or groups who lack sufficient financial resources or wealth, often resulting in an inability to meet basic needs such as food, shelter, and clothing. Economic hardship, lack of educational opportunities, unemployment or underemployment can contribute to this status. The definition of poverty may vary depending on the context or the regional cost of living.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of poor people in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of poor people in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of poor people in a Sentence

  1. George Goehl:

    The amount of ingenuity and creativity it takes to survive being poor and to figure out how, you know, if you're a domestic worker, how you're going to take three buses to get to work on time and get your kid to school and figure out how to get back... that is a lot of work i do think a new narratives around around poverty and poor people would help.

  2. Castro Baker:

    We see UBI as a nice addition to social policy not a replacement, economic Security Project will help push discourse based on science not just based on assumptions we may have about poor people and what they need.

  3. Carmelita Cruz:

    He wanted to be here. His dream was to study in this school to help poor people.

  4. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders:

    Under( Cuban leader Fidel Castro) Fidel Castro, enormous progress has been made in improving the lives of the poor people( and) of the working people, on the other hand, in terms of democratic rights, there are enormous deficiencies.

  5. Nusrat Chadoury:

    The bottom line is, poor people are being jailed because they are not able to afford their fines and fees, without even a hearing to determine that jail is even a punishment that should be imposed.

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