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Discover LudwigThe phrase "already poor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that is in a state of poverty or lack of resources prior to a certain event or situation.
Example: "The economic downturn has affected many families, but those who were already poor are suffering the most."
Alternatives: "previously impoverished" or "initially destitute".
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Economic growth is already poor.
They were already poor, but the occupation made them destitute.
The documentary has worsened the government's already poor relations with political correspondents.
Fifth, it has failed to address the already poor health of British children.
Ebola, like many other diseases, mainly menaces those countries that are already poor and struggling.
Employment prospects which were already poor before 1933 got worse afterwards.
The refugees are streaming into Ramtha and Mafraq, areas in northern Jordan that are already poor.
The bedroom tax, she said, had made already poor people even poorer.
Subsistence farmers and pastoralists who were already poor became that little bit poorer.
There is particular worry that it will worsen Britain's already poor take-up of breastfeeding.
They impoverish already poor people and drive them to food banks.
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