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Discover LudwigThe phrase "actually poor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the reality of someone's financial situation or to clarify a misunderstanding about their wealth.
Example: "Despite his flashy lifestyle, he is actually poor and struggling to make ends meet."
Alternatives: "truly impoverished" or "genuinely lacking".
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Actually, "poor" seems kind.
But rarely does the Academy give big rewards to films or actors that are actually poor.
They deserve reputable independent voices to tell their governments how many citizens are actually poor.
However, Murphy's hitting luck was actually poor in the final two months of last season.
In reaching out this way, virtually all states have scooped up lots of children who were actually poor enough to qualify for Medicaid but had never been enrolled.
The familiar whine – that people are not actually poor because they possess a smartphone – is put into perspective by how near the edge many are.
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It's actually really poor from England - what are they doing here?
They certainly have no business asking for help from the Germans, who are actually poorer.
Now Poles are three times richer than Ukrainians, who are actually poorer now than they were at the end of the Soviet era.
In countries such as Kenya, where the population outside of refugee camps is actually poorer than that inside in some cases, that battle is even more difficult.
Thus, the HDTV set with SRR was actually poorer in resolution than the other HDTV sets.
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