Poverty - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpɑːvərtɪ|  American pronunciation of the word poverty
Brit.  |ˈpɒvətɪ|  British pronunciation of the word poverty

noun

- the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions (syn: impoverishment, poorness)

Extra examples

He was born in poverty.

There is a poverty of information about the disease.

Millions of elderly people live in poverty.

We need an effective strategy to fight poverty.

The novel shows a surprising poverty of imagination.

Poverty hurts society as a whole.

The issue is poverty, not race: to talk about race is simply to confuse the issue.

The report on poverty was commissioned by the governor.

The government study seeks to define urban poverty.

He asked us to imagine a world without poverty or war.

They are living in extreme poverty.

The photographs confront the viewer with images of desperate poverty.

The poverty of the city is striking.

He overcame the obstacles of poverty and neglect.

The poverty of his childhood played a decisive role in his adult life.

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