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*3 a : debility due to malnutrition
*3 a : debility due to malnutrition
:b : lack of fertility
:b : lack of fertility
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Poverty''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Poverty '''''this link'''''].</center>
==synonyms==
==synonyms==
indigence, penury, want, destitution mean the [[state]] of one with insufficient [[resources]]. poverty may cover a range from extreme want of necessities to an [[absence]] of [[material]] comforts <the extreme poverty of the slum dwellers>. indigence implies seriously straitened circumstances <the indigence of her years as a graduate student>. penury suggests a cramping or oppressive lack of money <a catastrophic illness that condemned them to years of penury>. want and destitution imply extreme poverty that threatens life itself through starvation or exposure <lived in a perpetual state of want> <the widespread destitution in countries beset by famine>.
indigence, penury, want, destitution mean the [[state]] of one with insufficient [[resources]]. poverty may cover a range from extreme want of necessities to an [[absence]] of [[material]] comforts <the extreme poverty of the slum dwellers>. indigence implies seriously straitened circumstances <the indigence of her years as a graduate student>. penury suggests a cramping or oppressive lack of money <a catastrophic illness that condemned them to years of penury>. want and destitution imply extreme poverty that threatens life itself through starvation or exposure <lived in a perpetual state of want> <the widespread destitution in countries beset by famine>.
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: General Reference]]