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- adjective
superlative form ofpoor : mostpoor . mostpoor .
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Examples
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With fanfare and flags waving, leaders thanked Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for promising eight million gallons of the oil to low-income families in Serrano's New York district, which he describes as the poorest in the nation.
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The gap between the richest and poorest is wider than ever, with the top earning 20% receiving more than 49% of the income generated last year.
Terrance Heath: A Pledge To 1% of America Terrance Heath 2010
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One can't go past the sari of India; beautiful, elegant, practical, worn by women from all parts of the country from the poorest of the poor to the most wealthy society ladies; even the dress of the poorest is often beautiful and worn with dignity, even if it is the only garment one possesses.
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The gap between the richest and poorest is wider than ever, with the top earning 20% receiving more than 49% of the income generated last year.
Terrance Heath: A Pledge To 1% of America Terrance Heath 2010
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The gap between the richest and poorest is wider than ever, with the top earning 20% receiving more than 49% of the income generated last year.
Terrance Heath: A Pledge To 1% of America Terrance Heath 2010
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The gap between the richest and poorest is wider than ever, with the top earning 20% receiving more than 49% of the income generated last year.
Terrance Heath: A Pledge To 1% of America Terrance Heath 2010
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But to make a big deal of Egypt going from 47th to 48th poorest is really trying to make the data say something that the data is not good enough to support.
Education and Growth, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The gap between the richest and poorest is wider than ever, with the top earning 20% receiving more than 49% of the income generated last year.
Terrance Heath: A Pledge To 1% of America Terrance Heath 2010
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The gap between the richest and poorest is wider than ever, with the top earning 20% receiving more than 49% of the income generated last year.
Terrance Heath: A Pledge To 1% of America Terrance Heath 2010
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It's quite simple really, they should be forced to live in poorest parts of London.
Housing all MPs in upmarket student halls of residence Not a sheep 2008
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