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nounthe state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
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- want a state of extreme poverty
- need a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- mean marked by poverty befitting a beggar
- street the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
- poor characterized by or indicating poverty
- religious a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
- struggling engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
- jamaica a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism
- calcutta the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding
- slum a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions