POVERTY
\pˈɒvəti], \pˈɒvəti], \p_ˈɒ_v_ə_t_i]\
Definitions of POVERTY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The state of being poor; poorness; indigence; sterility; barrenness of sentiment or ornament; defect: defect of words.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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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.
