poverty
[ pov-er-tee ]
/ ˈpɒv ər ti /
noun
the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor.
deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities, etc.: poverty of the soil.
scantiness; insufficiency: Their efforts to stamp out disease were hampered by a poverty of medical supplies.
Origin of poverty
synonym study for poverty
1.
Poverty,
destitution,
need,
want imply a state of privation and lack of necessities.
Poverty denotes serious lack of the means for proper existence:
living in a state of extreme poverty.
Destitution, a somewhat more literary word, implies a state of having absolutely none of the necessities of life:
widespread destitution in countries at war.
Need emphasizes the fact that help or relief is necessary:
Most of the people were in great need.
Want emphasizes privations, especially lack of food and clothing:
Families were suffering from want.
Words nearby poverty
pout,
pouter,
poutine,
pouty,
pov,
poverty,
poverty level,
poverty line,
poverty trap,
poverty-stricken,
povidone-iodine
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British Dictionary definitions for poverty
poverty
/ (ˈpɒvətɪ) /
noun
the condition of being without adequate food, money, etc
scarcity or dearth
a poverty of wit
a lack of elements conducive to fertility in land or soil
Word Origin for poverty
C12: from Old French
poverté, from Latin
paupertās restricted means, from
pauper
poor