Poor
Poor noun - People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group).
Unfortunates and poor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfortunates" instead a noun "Poor".
Unfortunates
Poor and unfortunates are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Poor" instead a noun "Unfortunates".
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The poor unfortunates who are born there can either live their lives in virtual imprisonment, or try to leave and thereby become actual criminals.
Source: Prison Riot - People Farms: One of the investigators the author brought with him states that, based on the skeletons they find, the poor unfortunates kept down below had been so interbred they had devolved to walking on all fours.
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Typically, villains will either show a Nightmare Fetishist streak and be oblivious to how savage their pets are, and will treat them kindly, or else, they will use the pets to (perhaps even literally) Kick the Dog, sometimes by feeding underlings and other poor unfortunates to them.
Source: Right-Hand Attack Dog
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Unfortunates and Poor. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 11, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/poor/unfortunates
Poor & Unfortunates. N.p., 2016. Web. 11 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/poor/unfortunates>.
Unfortunates or Poor. 2016. Accessed August 11, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/poor/unfortunates.
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