worse-off
In poorer shape
Worse-off describes being in a less favorable position than before or than others.
It typically refers to financial or material circumstances: The recession left many families worse-off than a decade ago.
The term compares states of wellbeing: Who's worse-off—someone with no job or someone with a job they hate?
The opposite is better-off.
Lacking usual social advantages
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- disenfranchisedDeprived of voting rights
oppressed · excluded · powerless · deprived · dispossessed · downtrodden · disadvantaged · left-behind
Less well-off
- destituteUtterly without means
- needyWanting in essentials
- pennilessCompletely without money
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
broke · strapped · bankrupt · insolvent · impoverished · pauperized · hard-up · cash-strapped
underprivileged
Lacking usual social advantages
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
disenfranchised · oppressed · excluded · powerless · deprived · dispossessed · downtrodden · disadvantaged · left-behind · forgotten
poorer
Less well-off
indigent · broke · strapped · bankrupt · insolvent · impoverished · pauperized · hard-up · cash-strapped · poverty-stricken
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More fortunate materially
improved · advantaged · benefited · enhanced · upgraded
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Having sufficient wealth
wealthy · affluent · prosperous · comfortable · well-to-do
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More fortunate materially
wealthier · richer · well-to-do · flush
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