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house poor

house poor adjective: 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.

Adjective

house poor

  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.

Forms of house poor

alternative formhouse-poor

Questions about house poor

What does house poor mean?
House poor means 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.
What part of speech is house poor?
House poor is an adjective.

Words near house poor in the dictionary

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  2. house plant
  3. house plants
  4. house plunder
  5. house points
  6. house poor
  7. house proud
  8. house rat
  9. house rats
  10. house right
  11. house rule

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