We fight to pull ourselves out of destitution.
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Destitution
//dɛstɪˈtuːʃən//
Synonyms for "destitution" (52 found)
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Related words (26)
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36 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- мизерия noun (extreme state of poverty)
Catalan
1 entries- indigència noun (extreme state of poverty)
Dutch
3 entries- armoede noun (extreme state of poverty)
- berooidheid noun (extreme state of poverty)
- ontbering noun (condition of lacking something)
Finnish
3 entries- puute noun (condition of lacking something)
- varattomuus noun (extreme state of poverty)
- äärimmäinen köyhyys noun (extreme state of poverty)
French
2 entries- dénuement noun (condition of lacking something)
- indigence noun (extreme state of poverty)
German
1 entries- Armut noun (extreme state of poverty)
Greek
2 entries- ένδεια noun (extreme state of poverty)
- απορία noun (extreme state of poverty)
Hindi
1 entries- कंगाली noun (extreme state of poverty)
Hungarian
1 entries- mélyszegénység noun (extreme state of poverty)
Irish
2 entries- díothacht noun (condition of lacking something)
- díothacht noun (extreme state of poverty)
Māori
1 entries- tuakokatanga noun (extreme state of poverty)
Navajo
1 entries- téʼéʼį́ noun (extreme state of poverty)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یوقسوللق noun (extreme state of poverty)
Persian
1 entries- فلاکت noun (extreme state of poverty)
Portuguese
3 entries- destituição noun (condition of lacking something)
- indigência noun (extreme state of poverty)
- penúria noun (extreme state of poverty)
Russian
2 entries- нищета́ noun (extreme state of poverty)
- нужда́ noun (extreme state of poverty)
Scots
1 entries- puirtith noun (extreme state of poverty)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- airc noun (condition of lacking something)
- airc noun (extreme state of poverty)
Spanish
3 entries- indigencia noun (extreme state of poverty)
- inopia noun (condition of lacking something)
- inopia noun (extreme state of poverty)
Swahili
1 entries- ufukara noun (extreme state of poverty)
Swedish
1 entries- armod noun (extreme state of poverty)
Ukrainian
2 entries- вбогість noun (extreme state of poverty)
- злидні noun (extreme state of poverty)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
I lived my childhood in destitution.
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We let destitution proliferate.
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They rear their children in destitution.
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