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Poverty

ˈpɒvəti

Poverty definitions

noun

Inflections:

poverty

the state of being extremely poor

"thousands of families are living in abject poverty"

Synonyms:
penury destitution indigence pennilessness privation deprivation impoverishment neediness need want hardship impecuniousness impecuniosity hand-to-mouth existence beggary pauperism straitened circumstances bankruptcy insolvency
- the renunciation of the right to individual ownership of property as part of a religious vow
the state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount

"the poverty of her imagination"

Synonyms:
scarcity deficiency dearth shortage paucity insufficiency inadequacy absence lack want deficit meagreness limitedness restrictedness sparseness sparsity inferiority mediocrity poorness barrenness aridity sterility