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People who are poor

the poor

adjective

people who have little money and few possessions

beggar

noun

someone who is very poor and lives by asking people for money or food

pauper

noun

a very poor person

the needy

adjective

poor people

the least/less privileged

people who are poor and have no social advantages

peasant

noun

someone who works on another person’s farm or on their own small farm. This word is used mainly about people in poor countries or people in history

the have-nots

noun

the people in a society who do not have much money or property

the dispossessed

adjective

people who are dispossessed

basket case

noun

a country or organization that has serious financial problems

white trash

noun

white people who are poor and badly educated

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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picture messaging

the sending of images and photographs from one mobile phone to another

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never event

an event that should never occur in a healthcare setting …

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