Poverty-stricken

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very poor.

    "The small village was poverty-stricken, with many families struggling to afford even basic necessities like food and water."

Adjective
  1. 1
    poor enough to need help from others wordnet

Synonyms

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almslessarmbadly offbankruptbeggaredbeggarly

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"War, disease, and famine continue to ravage the poverty-stricken country, despite the decades-long international effort to ameliorate the situation."

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