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单词 poverties
释义

poverty

noun

pov·​er·​ty ˈpä-vər-tē How to pronounce poverty (audio)
often attributive
1
a
: the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions
b
: renunciation as a member of a religious order of the right as an individual to own property
2
: scarcity, dearth
3
a
: debility due to malnutrition
b
: lack of fertility

Synonyms

  • beggary
  • destituteness
  • destitution
  • impecuniosity
  • impecuniousness
  • impoverishment
  • indigence
  • necessity
  • need
  • neediness
  • pauperism
  • penuriousness
  • penury
  • poorness
  • want
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Example Sentences

He was born in poverty. There is a poverty of information about the disease.
Recent Examples on the Web In Prince George's County, Maryland, where there's a high concentration of poverty, at least 8 percent of the public school district's teacher slots are vacant, more than twice as many as last year, according to the teachers union. Gabe Cohen, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022 In response to a public callout from MuckRock, one parent in Mount Pleasant, Monica Rosen, said that paying for her daughter’s preschool pushed her family to the brink of poverty. Luca Powell And Derek Kravitz, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2022 The levels of poverty here is what makes the area such a wellspring for ISIS and Al Qaeda recruits. Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022 The rise of China as the world’s factory lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty worldwide and deluged consumers with cheap goods. Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022 Many of these are designating significant dollars to census tracts with high rates of poverty. Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2022 The Augustinian friars of Medieval Britain pledged themselves to a life of poverty, but their friaries offered a pretty high standard of communal living. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2022 Oftentimes, women, and Black women in particular, are cast off as welfare queens, and the holistic view of who and what their needs are, and their desire to come up out of poverty, are not shared in the best manner possible. Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 18 Aug. 2022 Investing in a girl's education through high school is the best way to lift her and her future children out of poverty. Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English poverte, from Anglo-French poverté, from Latin paupertat-, paupertas, from pauper poor — more at poor

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

poverty

noun

pov·​er·​ty ˈpä-vər-tē How to pronounce poverty (audio)
: the condition of being poor : lack of money or possessions

Medical Definition

poverty

noun

pov·​er·​ty ˈpäv-ərt-ē How to pronounce poverty (audio)
plural poverties
: debility due to malnutrition
evidence of poverty in calves

poverties

noun

plural of poverty
as in shortages
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number a poverty of information about the new policies

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • shortages
  • lacks
  • deficiencies
  • inadequacies
  • deficits
  • insufficiencies
  • scarcities
  • droughts
  • famines
  • lacunae
  • absences
  • lacunas
  • dearths
  • failures
  • undersupplies
  • drouths
  • wants
  • paucities
  • necessities
  • privations
  • omissions
  • crunches
  • pinches
  • needs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • adequacies
  • wealths
  • sufficiencies
  • abundances
  • amplitudes
  • excesses
  • opulences
  • surpluses
  • plenties
  • surfeits
  • plenitudes
  • oversupplies
  • overabundances
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