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Meanings of absolute poverty in English

Russian
нищета
Spanish
extrema pobreza
Catalan
pobresa extrema

Condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs.

нищета
Usage of absolute poverty in English
1
Yet … real incomes did not rise and absolute poverty was unchanged.
The Guardian
2
And how could she, in her all but absolute poverty, do anything?
Far Above Rubies
3
His condition of absolute poverty had not yet lost the flavour of novelty.
The Survivor
4
He incurred some debts and was soon reduced to absolute poverty.
A Selection from the Writings of Guy De Maupassant, Vol. I
5
We go from absolute poverty to the lap of luxury.
The Guardian
6
My colleague Gabinius is in absolute poverty, and does not know where to turn.
Roman life in the days of Cicero
7
Where there had been absolute poverty there was now abundance.
Wife in Name Only
8
There is absolute poverty and hunger in this country.
Reuters
9
The colony was left to vegetate in absolute poverty.
Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future
10
The numbers living in absolute poverty are correspondingly down.
The Irish Times
11
Globally, at least, the markets and growth they promote have pulled millions out of absolute poverty.
The Guardian
12
This money was now entirely gone, and once more he faced the world in absolute poverty.
Russell H. Conwell, Founder of the Institutional Church in Ameri...
13
The property of farmers is not like that of merchants; and absolute poverty is worse than death.
Letters from an American Farmer
14
Most of them live in absolute poverty.
The Guardian
15
Now, a ring upon a friar's hand is an impossibility, since they are vowed to absolute poverty.
The Adventures of Gerard
16
Catherine was not condemned to absolute poverty-thepoverty which grinds and gnaws, the poverty of rags and famine.
Night and Morning, Volume 1
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