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Poverty-stricken

"Poverty-stricken" in a Sentence (2 examples)

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

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

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