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poverty

noun

  1. state of lacking money or resources
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒvəti/ / /ˈpɑːvɚti/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English poverte, from Old French poverté (Modern French pauvreté), from Latin paupertās, from pauper (“poor”) + -tas (“noun of state suffix”). Cognates include pauper, poor.

  1. The quality or state of being poor; lack of money

    get into poverty

    get out of poverty

  2. A deficiency of something needed or desired

    poverty of soil

    poverty of the blood