meaning of poverty
1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.
2. 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.
3. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Related Words
poverty | poverty grass | poverty level | poverty line | poverty trap | poverty-stricken |
