Have-nots

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The poor or underprivileged, contrasted with those who have possessions, power or wealth: the haves. plural, plural-normally

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poor person

Antonyms

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haves

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"The gulf between the haves and the have-nots grows ever wider, to Victorian levels, even."

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