poverty

Definition

Examples

The charity works to reduce poverty in rural communities.

Synonyms

• destitutiona state without friends or money or prospects
• privationa state of extreme poverty
• impoverishmentthe state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

Collocations

• Easy live in extreme poverty
  to live in extreme poverty, meaning to inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
• Medium effective poverty reduction program
  describing effective poverty reduction program (producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; -LewisMumford)
• Hard eradicate intergenerational cycles of poverty
  to eradicate intergenerational cycles of poverty, meaning to kill in large numbers
• Very Hard grinding poverty crushing human potential
  to grinding poverty crushing human potential, meaning to press or grind with a crushing noise