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worse off

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worse off

  1. comparative form of badly off: more badly off
    • 2018, The Observer, The Observer view on the budget and the decade of austerity, 28 October :
      Meanwhile, billions of pounds of cuts to benefits and tax credits mean that many disabled people and families with children stand to lose huge sums: the poorest fifth of families with children will be on average £3,000 worse off a year as a result of tax and benefit changes since 2010.

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