adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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less
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The tax cuts were targeted at the less well-off .
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But need she be less well-off ?
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They also said less well-off consumers without cars are losing as superstores move out of town.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Stella's family is well-off .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Children from well-off families would rather play computer games than go outside.
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Female illiteracy, even in the well-off classes, is one of the characteristics of the decadence that led to colonization.
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He guessed that, if anything, he must look like an under-steward employed in a moderately well-off family.
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If so, this would compound the effect on housing of its tax rises for the well-off .
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Meanwhile, well-off laymen kept clergy in virtual peonage.
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One suspects, however, that the active wear will be embraced by comfortable well-off commuters in 4x4s.
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The well-off westerners who came here for enlightenment, what did they see?
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Tobacco profits jumped 16%, thanks to the growth in smoking in less well-off parts of the world.