poverty
31poverty — noun 1) abject poverty Syn: penury, destitution, pauperism, pauperdom, beggary, indigence, pennilessness, impoverishment, neediness, need, hardship, impecuniousness Ant: wealth 2) …
32poverty — noun 1) abject poverty Syn: pennilessness, destitution, penury, impoverishment, neediness, hardship, impecuniousness 2) the poverty of choice Syn: scarcity, deficiency, dearth, shor …
33poverty — see when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience poverty is not a crime adversity makes strange bedfellows …
34poverty — n. 1 the state of being poor; want of the necessities of life. 2 (often foll. by of, in) scarcity or lack. 3 inferiority, poorness, meanness. 4 Eccl. renunciation of the right to individual ownership of property. Phrases and idioms: poverty line… …
35Poverty 3 — The third European antipoverty program from 1990 to 1994. This was a European Community program to support experimental projects to eradicate local poverty. A number of Gypsy projects received funding through Poverty 3, as either Model Actions …
36poverty — pov·er·ty päv ərt ē n, pl ties debility due to malnutrition <evidence of poverty in calves> * * * pov·er·ty (povґər te) the absence or scarcity of requisite substance or elements …
37poverty — [ˈpɒvəti] noun [U] a situation in which someone does not have enough money to pay for their basic needs Ant: wealth Half the world s population is living in poverty.[/ex] …
38poverty — 1. (virtue) This word (from the Latin pauper, meaning poor ) refers to those who lack material goods so that their basic need for food, shelter, clothing, health care, and education is not met. Because Jesus called the poor in spirit… …
39poverty — See poor. ♦ Poverty stricken, ilikole, pakaneo …
40Poverty in South America — Poverty is a result of people s inability to attain food, shelter, money, clothing, education, and any other essentials towards the well being of living. Many people that are suffering from poverty live in the low income areas known as rural… …
