unaffluent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaffluent
Adjective
  • In the last election, some of the most deprived areas of the country — based on factors like income, housing and health — voted for the Conservative Party for the first time.
    Josh Holder, New York Times, 24 June 2024
  • But what makes Seller’s story sing is his vivid recollection of a deprived childhood with demanding parents, his first job as a booking agent, and his coming out during the early days of the AIDS epidemic.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The commission violated state law, the groups argued, by not considering all the benefits of the solar panels in its decision and by not ensuring that rooftop solar systems could continue to expand in disadvantaged communities.
    Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
  • The petitioners also argue the appeals court gave too much deference to the CPUC and the ruling did not go far enough to help disadvantaged communities.
    Rob Nikolewski, Mercury News, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • McAfee shouted out underprivileged communities, homeless shelters and LGBTQ communities in referencing all the charity work he’s done.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Initially focused on feeding frontline workers, the foundation now works to assist underprivileged communities, in part by providing culinary training to children in need.
    Nazanin Lankarani, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Lillian Feldman was born to impecunious Jewish emigres in Cincinnati on July 13, 1927, the twelfth of thirteen children who were encouraged by their mother to draw on the walls.
    News Desk, Artforum, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer, Eddie.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021
Adjective
  • Massive clouds of pollutants could collide in North Carolina this week and result in poor air quality conditions for millions.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2025
  • This lack of preparation yields poor communication that worsens difficult situations and burns bridges between companies and fired employees.
    Nicole Tidei, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Should endowment taxes increase, institutions may need to reduce their spending on helping financially needy students be able to attend college.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • Those people, Republicans say, are the truly needy.
    Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • During campaign events, Lee, who grew up in an impoverished farming household and toiled in factories as a child, spoke from behind bullet-proof glass to crowds, which were surveyed by rooftop police snipers.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 June 2025
  • Curtis’ extraordinary talent is first recognized in kindergarten, when a charitable foundation donates instruments to his impoverished public school.
    Joan Gaylord, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • The remnants reflected the lives of dispossessed and displaced people.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 19 May 2022
  • Conover keeps his readers waiting for too long, almost half the book, before saying anything about how the San Luis Valley came to be a magnet for the dispossessed.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
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“Unaffluent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaffluent. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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