- superlative of poor.
poorest
Example Sentences
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If you look within that poorest 20%, you’d see that 10% of people have credit-card balances worth over 20% of their income.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the world and remains gripped by a vast humanitarian crisis.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Many were in Boston’s poorest neighborhoods, where they anchored community life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The most marginalized and poorest may have no option but to stay behind.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The poorest went on living in burrows of the most primitive kind, mere holes indeed, with only one window or none; while the well-to-do still constructed more luxurious versions of the simple diggings of old.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
