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Poorer than he needed to be
📖 Meaning
choosing to have less than you could have taken, usually for someone else's benefit.
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choosing to have less than you could have taken, usually for someone else's benefit. If your child asks about Poorer than he needed to be, tell them: "It is a word you might hear in Indian stories." Then ask them — "Where do you think you'd see Poorer than he needed to be in real life?" It opens a small conversation about Indian culture.
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