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

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insolvency collapse: the lack of financial resources

difficulties collapse

hardship collapse: something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life"

destitute collapse: poor enough to need help from others

disadvantaged collapse

straits collapse

tight squeeze collapse

needy collapse: needy people collectively; "they try to help the needy"; demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree

underprivileged collapse: lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society

privation collapse: act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"; a state of extreme poverty

poverty stricken collapse

fleeced collapse

beggared collapse

deprived collapse: marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences; "a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity"; "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law"

paucity collapse

pauperism collapse

indigence collapse: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

penury collapse

sparsity collapse

broke collapse: lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term"

mendicant collapse: practicing beggary; "mendicant friars"

mendicancy collapse

penurious collapse

embarrassment collapse: some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"; the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public; the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"

bereaved collapse: a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved; "the bereaved do not always need to be taken care of"; sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"

scarcity collapse: a small and inadequate amount

self-denying collapse: willing to deprive yourself

destitution collapse: a state without friends or money or prospects

impecunious collapse

Sabbatarian collapse: one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism); pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance

dearth collapse: an insufficient quantity or number; an acute insufficiency

pauperized collapse

beggary collapse: a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person); the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy"

impeccable collapse: not capable of sin

stripped collapse: with clothing stripped off; having only essential or minimal features; "a stripped new car"; "a stripped-down budget"

indigent collapse

monasticism collapse: asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience

need collapse: anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"; a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs"; have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"

bereft collapse: unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love

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