poverty
noun
- state of lacking money or resources
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.
- The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
“get into poverty”
“get out of poverty”
- A deficiency of something needed or desired
“poverty of soil”
“poverty of the blood”