--- title: "How to pronounce \"working poor\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"working poor\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/pZfcEf_c7Wk/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/working-poor" --- # How to pronounce "working poor" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/wɒrkɪngpʌːr/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **wor·kin·gpoor** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "working poor" in real conversation: ### Example 1 *Accent: US* > "themselves and for the attorneys as well and what I was trying to argue is that there are going to be fights over this there are going to be fights and we Working Poor it is said uh when they work but they cannot maintain their life" - **Watch at 76:40**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZfcEf_c7Wk&t=4600s) ### Example 2 > "25 million people worldwide will lose their jobs because of the corona virus outbreak that's the warning from the International Labour Organization people working in the tourism and service sector will be among the work most affected the number of working poor holding one or more jobs will also increase significantly the United Nations agency said it's called for urgent large-scale measures to protect workers including paid leave short term" - **Watch at 17:21**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efwYCP9p4tA&t=1041s) ### Example 3 *Accent: US* > "The working poor were buried in very simple tombs, of two types." - **Watch at 71:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aJO3EfVjyk&t=4265s) ### Example 4 > "out tax forms for working poor 'cause I fundamentally in the marrow of my bones believe if you're" - **Watch at 24:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBeJWzBRS2g&t=1458s) ### Example 5 > "actually um The Working Poor the lower income voters vote for Democrats and" - **Watch at 14:49**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JYiJwDob1w&t=889s) ### Example 6 > "You have to be working with a payday loan. There's only the working poor. And you pay 240, and of course if you didn't have 200 to finish the month this time, how you don't have 240 next month." - **Watch at 19:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV_86s627tM&t=1155s) ### Example 7 > "obviously uh in a worse state than 10 or 15 years ago we have a kind of working poor class of people who didn't exist 15 years ago and those people are not content it's just that they are not being asked and um so so if she came out with leadership i i would be afraid but this should then be being really openly" - **Watch at 36:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF6D0Hzd22E&t=2175s) ### Example 8 > "The Yellow Vest movement in France is a recent example of this conflict: people across the country were subject to a new tax on fuel, in order to help lower carbon emissions. But many of the working poor, especially in more rural areas, simply couldn’t afford to pay more to get around, and riots broke out. And think about all of the scientists working on topics related to the environment but… maybe on the wrong side of history." - **Watch at 9:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsFdROZ2OdA&t=575s) ### Example 9 > "But many working Americans are vulnerable to poverty, too – 12% of working-age adults in poverty work full-time, and another 29% work part time. These are the working poor. You can see how it’s quite possible to work full time and still live in poverty, when you do the math." - **Watch at 6:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8PEv5SV4sU&t=379s) ### Example 10 > "mass of public housing, of affordable, publicly subsidized housing, that there are enough units where we are able to house a lot of our working poor and folks that really need help. You know, one of the things I’m most proud about in the time that I’ve been mayor is that our city has taken really" - **Watch at 6:37**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94UEBj8e7qo&t=397s) ## How to Pronounce "working poor" - **Syllables**: wor · kin · gpoor - **IPA**: `/wɒrkɪngpʌːr/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [working](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/working), [poor](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/poor) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “working poor”? “working poor” is pronounced /wɒrkɪngpʌːr/ (wor · kin · gpoor). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “working poor”? “working poor” has 3 syllables: wor · kin · gpoor. ### How can I hear “working poor” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “working poor” with synchronized subtitles. 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