Poor
Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: every year, we make up a basket of food at Thanksgiving for a poor family in the neighborhood
Reduced is a synonym for poor in meagre topic. In some cases you can use "Reduced" instead an adjective "Poor", when it comes to topics like deficient, lacking sufficient money.
Reduced
Reduced adjective - Made less in size or amount or degree.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Dystopia Eat the Rich: The Eloi are the descendents of the wealthy masters of modern society reduced to a state of intellectual and physical infancy, while the Morlocks are the descendents of the poor and working class reduced to brutal apes.
Source: Literature / The Time Machine -
Old nails or rivets were frequently substituted for lead shot as a field expedient, although this wasn't terribly good for the barrel life and reduced the weapon's already poor effective range.
Source: Nail 'Em - Most of the gods are not at all happy with their drastically-reduced lifespan, especially poor Minerva, who's 12.
Source: Reality Ensues / Comic Books
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