Definitions

have-not

[hav-not, -not] / ˈhævˌnɒt, -ˈnɒt /

NOUN

a population's least wealthy

Synonyms

STRONG

bankrupt beggar bum dependent down-and-out insolvent lazarus mendicant supplicant

WEAK

almsperson destitute down-and-outer homeless person in the gutter indigent poor person unhoused person

Example Sentences

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One candidate is neither a Have nor a Have-Not.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 22, 2015

He was so frightfully tired of life and its struggles; tired of being a Have-Not.

From The Lee Shore by Macaulay, Rose, Dame