undeserving poor
noun1
Dated Poor people who ought to be able to provide for themselves but are too lazy to do so, and thus seen as not worthy of charity.
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noun
Dated Poor people who ought to be able to provide for themselves but are too lazy to do so, and thus seen as not worthy of charity.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
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