Another word for poverty
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Noun
The condition of being extremely poor
- Extreme poverty
- The state or condition of being a beggar.
- Beggars considered as a group.
- The state of being destitute; esp., abject poverty
- A deprivation or lack; a deficiency.
- Extreme want of resources or the means of subsistence; complete poverty.
- The state of being impecunious; impecuniousness
- The property of being impecunious.
- The state of being impoverished.
- The action of impoverishing someone.
- The state of being poor; poverty.
- The condition of being indigent
- Something required or wanted; a requisite:
- A condition of poverty or misfortune:
- A condition of poverty, or extreme want
- The state of being needy
- The characteristic of being needy.
- The state or quality of being penniless.
- The quality of being penurious.
- Lack of money, property, or necessities; extreme poverty; destitution
- Extreme want or poverty; destitution.
- Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life:
- Lack of the ordinary necessities of life
- The condition of being without a specified quality or attribute:
- Something desired:
- A wish or desire for something; craving
- Pressing need; destitution:
See also:The condition or fact of being deficient
- An imperfection or weakness; fault; flaw; blemish
- Lack of something necessary for completeness; deficiency; shortcoming
- An imperfection or lack that causes inadequacy or failure; a shortcoming or deficiency.
- The amount by which a sum of money is less than the required or desired amount; specif., an excess of liabilities over assets, of losses over profits, or of expenditure over income
- A deficiency or impairment in mental or physical functioning.
- An amount that quantifies an unfavorable condition or position:
- A shortage of required material.
- An instance of being inadequate; a failing or lack.
- A lack of competence or ability.
- Inadequate supply:
- Inability or failure of an organ or tissue to perform its normal function
- Lack of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequacy
- The fact or condition of not having any; complete absence
- The fact or condition of not having enough; shortage; deficiency
- A particular deficiency or absence:
- Scarcity; dearth:
- Fewness; small number
- Scarcity; dearth; insufficiency
- The property of being scant.
- The property of being scarce.
- (Countable) an inadequate amount of something; a shortage
- The condition or quality of being scarce; inadequate supply; dearth
- Insufficiency of amount or supply; shortage:
- Not enough, not sufficient.
- A deficiency in the quantity or amount needed or expected, or the extent of this; deficit
- A lack or deficiency.
- A falling short of what is expected or required; defect or deficiency
- A deficiency; a flaw.
- The act or an instance of falling short, or the amount of the shortage
- A failure to attain a specified amount or level; a shortage.
- The amount by which a supply falls short of expectation, need, or demand.
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Another word for poverty
Noun
Want of earthly goods
- The state of being destitute; esp., abject poverty
- A deprivation or lack; a deficiency.
- Extreme want of resources or the means of subsistence; complete poverty.
- Something desired:
- A wish or desire for something; craving
- Pressing need; destitution:
- The state of being poor; poverty.
- The condition of being indigent
- Lack of money, property, or necessities; extreme poverty; destitution
- Extreme want or poverty; destitution.
- Something required or wanted; a requisite:
- A condition of poverty or misfortune:
- A condition of poverty, or extreme want
- Extreme poverty
- The state or condition of being a beggar.
- Beggars considered as a group.
- The state or quality of being penniless.
- The state of being needy
- The characteristic of being needy.
- The act or state of being a mendicant
- The quality or state of being a pauper.
- The condition of being a pauper
- The quality or state of being insufficient, especially:
- The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.
- Inability or failure of an organ or tissue to perform its normal function
- A drastic, wide-reaching food shortage.
- Severe hunger; starvation.
- An acute and general shortage of food, or a period of this
- A strong desire or craving:
- The discomfort, weakness, or pain caused by a prolonged lack of food.
- A desire, need, or appetite for food
- The condition of being insufficiently developed
- A scarce supply; a lack:
- Shortage of food; famine.
- Any scarcity or lack
- Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life:
- Lack of the ordinary necessities of life
- The condition of being without a specified quality or attribute:
- An instance of being insolvent.
- The condition of having more debts than assets.
- The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency.
- The state of being impoverished.
- The action of impoverishing someone.
- The property of being impecunious.
- Plural form of strait
- Hard circumstances of life
- (Countable or uncountable) Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
- A thing hard to bear; specific cause of discomfort or suffering, as poverty, pain, etc.
- (US) The state of being meager.
- The quality or condition of being scanty or meager.
- Any of various small sandpipers, as the little stint (Calidris minuta)
- An assigned task or quantity of work
- A length of time spent in a particular way, especially doing a job or fulfilling a duty:
- The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
- The act or process of depleting.
- The use or consumption of a resource, especially a natural resource, faster than it is replenished.
- The amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required or expected amount; a shortage:
- An amount that quantifies an unfavorable condition or position:
- The amount by which a sum of money is less than the required or desired amount; specif., an excess of liabilities over assets, of losses over profits, or of expenditure over income
- Something owed by one person to another or others
- An obligation or liability to pay or render something to someone else:
- Something owed, such as money, goods, or services:
- Waters suitable for deep-draft ships, especially ocean-going.
- (Idiomatic) A difficult or embarrassing situation.
- An amount that can be held between thumb and forefinger:
- Difficulty or hardship:
- An emergency situation:
- An amount of food taken into the mouth at one time; a mouthful.
- (Slang) An amount of money appropriated or withheld:
- An excerpt or fragment taken from something larger, such as a film.
- A period of financial difficulty characterized by tight money and unavailability of credit.
- A critical moment or situation, especially one that occurs because of a shortage of time or resources:
- An exercise much like a sit-up, except that the upper body is raised only slightly off the floor rather than to an upright position
See also:Antonyms:Want of any desirable thing
- Not enough, not sufficient.
- A deficiency in the quantity or amount needed or expected, or the extent of this; deficit
- A lack or deficiency.
- Lack of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequacy
- Moral or mental incompetence.
- Inability or failure of an organ or tissue to perform its normal function
- A lack of competence or ability.
- A shortage of required material.
- An instance of being inadequate; a failing or lack.
- An urgent requirement; a pressing need:
- A pressing or urgent situation:
- A situation calling for immediate action or attention
- (Countable) an inadequate amount of something; a shortage
- The condition or quality of being scarce; inadequate supply; dearth
- Insufficiency of amount or supply; shortage:
- The state or condition of being not complete.
- Lack of something necessary for completeness; deficiency; shortcoming
- An imperfection or weakness; fault; flaw; blemish
- An imperfection or lack that causes inadequacy or failure; a shortcoming or deficiency.
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Synonym Study
- Penury suggests such severe poverty as to cause misery or a loss of self-respect
- Indigence , a somewhat euphemistic term, implies a lack of comforts that one formerly enjoyed
- Destitution and want imply such great poverty that the means for mere subsistence, such as food and shelter, are lacking
- Poverty , the broadest of these terms, implies a lack of the resources for reasonably comfortable living
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