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[Lilian Cristina]

Please, I'd like to know if I can use the word miserable to mean someone is very poor, like this:

He is miserable (= He is very poor )

Thanks

Lilian

[IanT]

I would say not really.

Miserable can suggest poverty, if you use it about things, e.g. he lives in a miserable flat.

But for people it doesn't really mean anything but sad.

Best wishes,
Ian
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