poverty-stricken

[ pov-er-tee-strik-uh n ]

/ ˈpɒv ər tiˌstrɪk ən /

suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.

Origin of poverty-stricken

First recorded in 1795–1805

Contrary to the image of the typical heroin user propagated by the media, those using it are not all poverty-stricken delinquents.

The White Collar Heroin Problem |Abby Haglage |February 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Raised in the poverty-stricken Foster neighborhood in Portland, Chisholm started street preaching at age 19.

The Hipster Fred Phelps |Mary Emily O’Hara |December 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The next night Monty dutifully fills the opera house with poverty-stricken peasants.

American Dreams: Brewster’s Millions and Triumphant America |Nathaniel Rich |January 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
But he was a revolutionist, an often shabby, poverty-stricken genius with a taste for the bottle.

Marx’s Not-So-Marxist Marriage |Mary Gabriel |September 21, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

These are poverty-stricken areas and Westerners will not fit in well.

Gal with a Suitcase |Jolie Hunt |April 18, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Poverty-stricken and dishonoured, Margaret Basset's son might not be so successful a suitor as the heir of Trevethlan.

Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) |William Davy Watson
For they were needy and poverty-stricken, whereas Katheline was comparatively well off.

The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere |Charles de Coster
He says nothing looks so poverty-stricken as a person that can only afford a few.

Somewhere in Red Gap |Harry Leon Wilson
Of course this poverty-stricken condition is largely his own fault.

A Woman's Impression of the Philippines |Mary H. (Mary Helen) Fee
Free meals or cent meals for poverty-stricken school children are not Socialism.

Socialism As It Is |William English Walling

poverty-stricken

suffering from extreme poverty