have not
One without wealth
Have not is the negation of have, indicating lack or absence of possession, experience, or completion.
In perfect tenses, it signals an action that didn't occur: I have not seen her today.
The contraction haven't dominates speech and informal writing.
Have-nots as a noun refers to people lacking wealth or resources, contrasted with the haves.
Deficiency or absence
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- wantTo desire something
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- absenceState of not being
scarcity · insufficiency · privation · deficit · shortfall · deprivation · neediness · impoverishment
lack
Deficiency or absence
absence · scarcity · insufficiency · privation · deficit · shortfall · deprivation · neediness · impoverishment · destitution
lack
Deficiency or absence
devoid · bereft · unpossessed · unacquired
have nothave
Keep in possession
elite · privileged · upper class · aristocrat · plutocrat