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nonpoor

adjective
non·​poor | \ ËŒnän-ˈpu̇r How to pronounce nonpoor (audio) \

Definition of nonpoor

: having sufficient money or material possessions : not poor nonpoor students/ residents Federal payments and subsidies to the nonpoor [=people who are not poor] amounted to $651 billion in fiscal year 1990, more than five times what was paid out to the poor.— Edward O. Welles

Examples of nonpoor in a Sentence

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 For instance, just over half of North Carolina's white and nonpoor students earned proficient ratings in fourth-grade reading. — Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, "NC has spent more than $150 million to boost reading. Are these scores worth it? | Charlotte Observer," 10 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of nonpoor

circa 1855, in the meaning defined above

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