poverty

🇺🇸 /ˈpɑːvərti/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpɒvəti/
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Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B2
noun
B1

the condition of not having enough money or resources

Many families struggle with poverty and cannot afford basic needs.

R

a shortage or lack of something

The poverty of ideas in the plan made it hard to support.

translation

n. the condition of not having enough money or resources; a shortage or lack of something

Word Forms

Plural poverties