poverty
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- noun
- /ˈpɑvərti/
:
pobreza
- You know that the answer to chronic poverty is opportunity.
- live in poverty
- the poverty line
- poverty rate
So to that end, you have more poverty, you have worse schools.
- So to that end, you have more poverty, you have worse schools.
- They've got drug problems, they've got poverty, they've got crime.
- And my mother grew up in poverty where everything was scarce.
- The combination of climate change and poverty is a disastrous combination.
- So we grow up next to like abject poverty next to abject wealth.
- And as we some families are pushed into poverty, that has an impact on health.
- Your life is lack, broke, lack poverty, right limits.
- Only that the same place of poverty, misery and oppression.
- Well, this and there's hunger and there's poverty and there's drugs.
- So how do you combine all this poverty and make wealth?
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Poverty is still widespread, and with poverty always comes crime, chemical abuse, and violence.
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Many families struggle to meet basic needs due to poverty.
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So to that end, you have more poverty, you have worse schools.
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Not only do we accept poverty, we even find it normal.
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Raising awareness of poverty in Africa through fashion.
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I came from poverty in communist Russia.
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We need new ways, better ways to cope with poverty, wars and disease.
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After all, lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty benefits everyone.
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Hundreds of millions of people in the developing world have escaped poverty, and more will in the future.
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And my mother grew up in poverty where everything was scarce.
Synonyms
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A situation when people lack basic things such as food or shelter
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Not having basic things you need, like food, shelter, or sleep
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A situation when someone has no money, home, or way to live
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A situation when people become very poor and lack basic things
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A situation with almost no money and few basic things needed to live
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A situation when someone has little money and few belongings
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A state of being very poor with almost nothing
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A situation when someone has no money
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A very poor state where someone has almost no money, food, or shelter
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Being very poor and not having basic things like food and shelter
A lack of money for basic needs like food and shelter
A state of having little or no money
The state of being very poor and having to beg for money or food
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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The least money a person or family needs to buy basic things like food and a home
- Specialized
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A situation where earning more causes loss of government help and keeps people poor
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Images or stories that show poor people in a shocking way to make people feel sorry
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Etymology
Poverty comes from the old Latin word pauper, which means 'poor' or 'having little' and is the same idea as the everyday word poor. So poverty is the condition of being poor and having very little money or things.