poverty-stricken
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˈpɑvərtiˌstrɪkən/
:
pobre
- In the poverty-stricken village, many families struggled to find enough food to eat.
- poverty-stricken area
- poverty-stricken families
And because we had nothing else to do and I'm speaking we because we were poverty stricken, we rely totally on the word.
- And because we had nothing else to do and I'm speaking we because we were poverty stricken, we rely totally on the word.
Examples
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In Haiti's post-disaster and poverty-stricken communities, school supplies can bring children a long way.
Blog text (19) -
And all of the poverty-stricken public housing projects were overrun with crime, drugs, and gangs.
Fiction book (1996) -
I grew up your average, poverty-stricken teenager... ...thinking about girls, my hair, girls.
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But then, I'm poverty-stricken myself.
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That's what comes of a poverty-stricken childhood.
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Unemployment figures do not capture the discomfort and loss of dignity among unemployed individuals and poverty-stricken families.
Academic text (1994) -
We are now witnessing these massive flows of economic refugees from poverty-stricken countries and other refugees from the population wars.
Academic text (1998) -
Nobody does more to promote women's and prenatal health in poverty-stricken areas around the globe.
Blog text (11) -
Most of his cases come from the poverty-stricken trailer parks of Farmington, Bloomfield, and Aztec in the state's archaeology-rich northwest corner.
Academic text (2009) -
Shiite quarters were poverty-stricken, and in northern Bekaa, the birthplace of Hezbollah, the state was virtually nonexistent.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
237
1.8
Having no money
50
6.2
People or places that have very little money and few things they need
43
1.5
Without enough food, clothes, or a home and often gets help from others
34
3.7
People who do not have enough money, support, or chances to do well
24
4.3
Having no money
22
8.7
Very poor and without enough money for basic needs
21
3.9
Not having basic things like enough food, a safe home, or clean water
20
6.5
Very poor and without basic things like food or a home
9
4.1
Having serious money problems and unable to pay bills
4
7.7
Poor and without a home or money
3
7.9
Very poor and without money, a job, or a home
1
8.6
Having no money at all
1
9.9
Very poor and unable to pay for basic needs
1
7.6
Having almost no money
1
9.3
With no money at all
Having almost no money or things
A person who has little money and cannot buy basic things
Very poor and only able to pay for basic needs like food
Having very few natural things like water or minerals
Poor and without enough food, money or shelter
Very poor and living with almost no money
Antonyms
How Poor
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word poverty-stricken joins poverty ('being poor') and stricken (from strike, meaning 'hit'), so it paints the picture of a person or place 'hit' by a lack of money or things they need.