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poverty-stricken
ˈpoverty-ˌstricken /ˈpɒv.ə.tiˌstrɪk.ən/ aep /ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i-/ adjective
► F0 describes a person or place suffering from the effects of being extremely poor: » Some beggars are neither poverty-stricken nor homeless.» There are few jobs for the peasants who have flooded into the cities from the poverty-stricken countryside in search of work.Thesaurus+: ↑Poverty and poor |