penury

Noun
  1. A state of extreme poverty or destitution (synset 114517300)
    "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
    is a type of: impoverishment, poorness, poverty - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
    subtypes: beggary, mendicancy, mendicity - the state of being a beggar or mendicant
    same as: indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization

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