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Synset

a state of extreme poverty or destitution
<noun.state>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

indigence more info
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pauperism more info
pauperization more info
penury more info

sample sentences

"their indigence appalled him"
"a general state of need exists among the homeless"
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needy
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indigent
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penurious
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pauperize
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hypernym
poverty, poorness, impoverishment
hyponym
beggary, mendicancy, mendicity