| posp. |
lower-income; low-lived; impecunious (Anglophile); poverty-stricken (Anglophile); low-income (ABelonogov); low lived; lower income; needy ("We need more political and market competition, enforcement of property rights, rule of law, systemic change in labour market institutions and stronger social protection for the needy." Alexander Demidov); under-privileged (Гевар); poor (poor, needy, impoverished or deprived? Poor is the most general of these words and can be used to describe yourself, another individual person, people as a group, or a country or an area. Needy is mostly used to describe people considered as a group: it is not used to talk about yourself or individual people: ▪ poor/needy children/families. OALD Alexander Demidov) |
