poorest
- superlative of poor.
Example Sentences
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Poorest countries face $35 billion in debt-service payments to official and private sector creditors in 2022, with over 40% of the total due to China, according to the World Bank.
From Reuters • Jul. 3, 2022
About 70 protesters shouted and carried signs, some of which read “Black Lives Matter” and “Memphis Poorest City.”
From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2016
Poorest countries did the least to cause climate change, but scientists say they will suffer the worst impacts.
From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2014
Mobile Phones Will Not Save the Poorest of the Poor The cost of cellphone-based services is hurting huge swaths of the developing world.
From Slate • Feb. 9, 2012
Deep ways and dripping boughs, The fog falling drearily; Cowherds calling on their cows, And I crying wearily, Wearily, wearily, out-a-door, Houseless, hearthless, coatless, kindless, Poorest of the wandering poor.
From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh
