極ごく貧ひん層そう

noun

the extremely poor; destitute class; people below the poverty line

Refers to the socioeconomic stratum living in extreme poverty. Often used in discussions of inequality, development, or social policy.

• その政せい策さくは極ごく貧ひん層そうの生せい活かつを改かい善ぜんすることを目もく的てきとしている。

  The policy aims to improve the lives of the extremely poor.

• 世せ界かいにはまだ多おおくの極ごく貧ひん層そうが存そん在ざいする。

  There are still many people living in extreme poverty in the world.