Poorest

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    superlative form of poor: most poor. form-of, superlative

    "With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London."

Synonyms

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beggarlyin straitened circumstancesinadequateindigentinferiormoneyless

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"Mali is one of the poorest countries in Subsaharan Africa."

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