nonpoor
- a word derived from poor.
Example Sentences
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Longitudinal research has demonstrated that children who grew up poor were twice as likely as nonpoor counterparts to report poor overall health and high levels of stress.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
There’s a new paper from some economists at Hopkins looking at New York data that finds that an awful lot of the benefits go to nonpoor households in pretty expensive neighborhoods.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2022
Grass-roots groups across the country have been organizing and working to fundamentally change the conditions that disenfranchise so many Americans, poor and nonpoor alike.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2020
A lack of transparency and a leakage of subsidies to the nonpoor means that poverty isn’t falling nearly as fast as it should be.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2012
What is harder for the nonpoor to see is poverty as acute distress: The lunch that consists of Doritos or hot dog rolls, leading to faintness before the end of the shift.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
