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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost poor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a state of being close to poverty or lacking financial resources, but not fully in that condition.
Example: "After losing my job, I found myself almost poor, struggling to make ends meet."
Alternatives: "nearly impoverished" or "borderline poor".
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"Wayne seems almost poor in comparison," he notes.
On the widest definition, it covers everyone from the almost poor, on $2 a day, to the almost rich, on $100 a day.
An almost-rich country turned almost poor; Argentina is a likely outlier for many theories of economic growth.
Instead, you're "almost poor".
Based on conceptual similarities of the response categories, we dichotomized this variable into those living very well off and living comfortably ("high" subjective economic status), and those who are just getting by, almost poor, and poor ("low" subjective economic status).
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"We need to get more money for the almost-poor elderly, to relieve them of some expenses so they can use money for food.
A study found that the people who eat fast food the most aren't the poor, but the almost-poor, or not-quite poor, or lower-middle class, or whatever you want to call them.
Being almost-poor in Fredericksburg, at least in Duffy's case, doesn't mean destitution.
Part of it is almost certainly poor policy choices.
That was when it was almost as poor as China.
Almost like poor Louis XVI writing "rien" (nothing) in his diary for 14 July 1789.
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