ニュープアー

noun

the new poor

Refers to people who have recently fallen into poverty, often due to economic downturns or job loss, contrasting with the chronically poor. A sociological term used in discussions of modern inequality.

• リーマンショック後ご、多おおくのニュープアーが生うまれた。

  After the Lehman shock, many new poor emerged.

• ニュープアーは、かつて中ちゅう流りゅう階かい級きゅうだった人ひと々びとを含ふくむ。

  The new poor include people who were once middle class.