hard-core poverty

hard-core poverty
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  • hard-core — UK US (also hardcore) adjective [usually before noun] ► serious or difficult to deal with and unlikely to change: »Hard core unemployment usually results when a worker is disabled and is not able to work. »He will focus more on fighting hard core …   Financial and business terms

  • hard-core — adjective Date: 1940 1. a. of, relating to, or being part of a hard core < hard core poverty > < the hard core unemployed > b. confirmed, die hard < hard core rock fans > < a hard core liberal > 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hard|core — «HAHRD KR, KOHR», noun. Especially British. broken pieces of stone, brick, or other hard material, used for filling foundations and roads. hard core «HAHRD KR, KOHR», adjective. 1. of or belonging to the hard core: »a hard core Communist. 2. of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hard-core — 1. mod. sexually explicit; pornographic. □ You can’t sell that hard core stuff in a store like this! □ You think that’s hard core? 2. mod. extreme; entrenched. □ She spent some time teaching hard core illiterates in a medium sized town …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • hard core — noun Date: 1936 1. a central or fundamental and usually enduring group or part: as a. a relatively small enduring core of society marked by apparent resistance to change or inability to escape a persistent wretched condition (as poverty or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hard — /had / (say hahd) adjective 1. solid and firm to the touch; not soft. 2. firmly formed; tight: a hard knot. 3. difficult to do or accomplish; fatiguing; troublesome: a hard task. 4. difficult or troublesome with respect to an action specified:… …  

  • hard — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, Philistine, about, absolute, abstruse, accented, acerb, acerbic, acrid, acrimonious, actively, acute, adamant, adamantine, addictive, adverse, afflictive, agonizing, agonizingly, alcoholic, all but, almost,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Poverty — Street children sleeping in Mulberry Street – Jacob Riis photo New York, United States (1890) Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.[1] Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford …   Wikipedia

  • Abdul Taib Mahmud — Pehin Sri Dr. Haji Abdul Taib bin Mahmud (born 21 May 1936 in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia) is the current Chief Minister of Sarawak of Melanau descent.Personal life and educationHe undertook his early schooling at the St. Joseph s Schools in Miri and …   Wikipedia

  • china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

  • China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium


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