Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)In financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The house was in poor condition.

    ruДом был в плохом состоянии.

    deDas Haus befand sich in schlechtem Zustand.

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  2. Everyone spent so much money in that house they got poor fast.

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Word family

1 related words
Relatedland poor

See also

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