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land-poor

[ land-poor ]

adjective

  1. in need of ready money while owning much land.


land-poor

adjective

  1. owning much unprofitable land and lacking the money to maintain its fertility or improve it
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of land-poor1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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Example Sentences

The family that was land-poor in China is slum-poor, immigrant-poor in California.

Nevertheless, he said, if there was to be any hope of reconciliation — a way to balance the competing claims of the various groups in Assam, including land-poor tribes and impoverished Assamese — Bengali Muslims had to have patience.

Dense, land-poor Santa Ana, torn between parks and development, is in 85th place.

From Salon

She’s more interested in the land-poor range.

About 70 percent of alfalfa grown in California is used in dairies, and a good portion of the rest is exported to land-poor Asian countries like Japan.

From Slate

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