have-not

noun

ˈhav-ˌnät 

-ˈnät

: one that is poor especially in material wealth

Examples of have-not in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So that would be my biggest concern, is whether or not that financial gap between those that can afford it and those that can’t creates way too many haves and way too many have-nots. —Mitch Light, New York Times, 16 June 2025

Among American art museums, there are haves and have-nots, with big-city, legacy galleries owning boatloads of great art--much of it in storage--and smaller, newer places in the provinces making do with nary a Renoir, Rothko, or Rembrandt. —Christian Schneider, National Review, 12 June 2025

Indeed, some are worried that the world will divide into the AGI haves and AGI have-nots, partially due to the exorbitant cost that AGI might involve. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025

Charting a divided league’s haves and have-nots Ranking the top 25 college football teams: Who’s biggest winner after the spring portal window? —The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 22 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for have-not

• aeronaut
• aforethought
• afterthought
• apricot
• argonaut
• astronaut
• camelot
• coffeepot
• concordat
• cosmonaut
• entrepot
• flowerpot

Kids Definition

have-not

noun

ˈhav-ˌnät,

-ˈnät

: one that is poor in material wealth