Words similar to poorest

Example sentences for: poorest

How can you use “poorest” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Poorest excuse for a reporter's travel expenses: "Hong Kong Ponders Meaning of Record Rainfall" ( Los Angeles Times ). Pundits agreed that capitalism will continue to flourish there even if democracy doesn't: The New York Times ' Tom Friedman noted that replicas of the "Goddess of Democracy" (erected in 1989 by protesters in Tiananmen Square), which were being peddled by Hong Kong demonstrators, were "Made in China."
In London, the Financial Times ran an editorial urging Clinton to offer "greater US support for the World Bank-led initiative to reduce the debt of the poorest countries, and backing for African governments' plans to put the money into health and education."
For the poorest kids, the state-run insurance program Medicaid helps.
Until now, there have been few opportunities to make use of the wealth of natural diversity that abounds in many countries where people are the poorest and population is growing the fastest.
The average income of the top 20 percent of families was $137,500, or more than 10 times that of the poorest 20 percent, which was $13,300, but in nine states--New York, Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, California, Rhode Island, Texas, Oregon, and Kentucky--the top figure was more than 11 times the bottom.