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the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.

A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level.

Want; indigence; poorness.

The state of being poor; destitution.

n. [Latin] Want of means of subsistence ; indigence ; need ; - any deficiency of resources needed or desired; especially, a lack of ideas, sentiments, or words ;-defect in conception or design ; want of grace or ornament ; meagreness or baldness in style or execution.