have-nots
Those without means
Have-nots are people who lack wealth, resources, or advantages—the opposite of the haves.
The term usually appears in the phrase the haves and the have-nots, describing economic inequality or the gap between privileged and disadvantaged groups: The policy only widens the divide between haves and have-nots.
Extremely lacking in money
- destituteUtterly without means
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- pennilessCompletely without money
- needyWanting in essentials
penury · pauperism · hardship · subsistence · homelessness · squalor · begging · debt
Deprived of voting rights
- voicelessHaving no voice
- powerlessLacking strength or authority
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
forgotten · neglected · oppressed · dispossessed · stigmatized · alienated · subjugated · discriminated
Measurable difference between things
- wealth gapEconomic inequality measure
- economic divideDisparity between income groups
- class divideGap between economic strata
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
classism · inequity · unfairness · privileged · elite · oligarchy · plutocracy · caste
Insufficiency of something needed
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- lackDeficiency or absence
- deficiencyLack of something needed
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
dearth · paucity · privation · want · undernourishment · malnutrition · starvation · famine
impoverished
Extremely lacking in money
- destituteUtterly without means
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- pennilessCompletely without money
needy · penury · pauperism · hardship · subsistence · homelessness · squalor · begging · debt · neediness
disenfranchised
Deprived of voting rights
overlooked · forgotten · neglected · oppressed · dispossessed · stigmatized · alienated · subjugated · discriminated · underrepresented
disparity
Measurable difference between things
- wealth gapEconomic inequality measure
- economic divideDisparity between income groups
- class divideGap between economic strata
stratification · classism · inequity · unfairness · privileged · elite · oligarchy · plutocracy · caste · social mobility
scarcity
Insufficiency of something needed
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- lackDeficiency or absence
- deficiencyLack of something needed
insufficiency · dearth · paucity · privation · want · undernourishment · malnutrition · starvation · famine · hunger
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- social classesupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, nobles
- wealth statuspoor, rich, wealthy, affluent, middle-class
- outsidersoutcast, outsider, outcasts, pariah, misfit
- marginalizedmarginalized, disenfranchised, outcasts, pariahs, oppressed
- social strataclass, caste, upper class, middle class, lower class
have-notshaves
The affluent group
the rich · plutocrats · millionaires · billionaires · fat cats
have-notshaves
The affluent group
the elite · the upper class · insiders · patricians · aristocrats