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Meanings of
indigence
in inglês
português
indigência
catalão
misèria
espanhol
miseria
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A state of extreme poverty or destitution.
need
penury
pauperism
pauperization
português
indigência
Lack of the means of subsistence.
poverty
privation
destitution
Synonyms
Examples for "
poverty
"
poverty
privation
destitution
Examples for "
poverty
"
1
Kosovo's appalling environmental problems are part of a deeper problem: chronic
poverty
.
2
Food
poverty
is a huge problem in Ireland and throughout the EU.
3
The company said it wanted to tackle period
poverty
in New Zealand.
4
We want greater recognition of the depth of the food
poverty
problem.
5
They talk a good game about prosperity, but deliver crime and
poverty
.
1
His happiness was evidently incomplete in the
privation
of a similar pair.
2
One great
privation
in this winter travelling is the want of water.
3
It was meant to be boom-time after decades of war and
privation
.
4
Another is reared in poverty and has to toil and suffer
privation
.
5
Nor had the
privation
of the long journey dimmed in my mind.
1
It puts every ordinary working family at risk of falling into
destitution
.
2
This was done in but few instances, the general
destitution
forbidding it.
3
There are millions of people living in
destitution
crying out for help.
4
The cause of the
destitution
of the proletariat are then set forth.
5
Yet it was still in a pitiable state of weakness and
destitution
.
Usage of
indigence
in inglês
1
I am lost in
indigence
;
do confer on me Thy greatest favor.
2
Families who had lived in opulence found themselves suddenly reduced to
indigence
.
3
Our relations; who enjoyed all our property, had reduced us to
indigence
.
4
The greatest misfortune has befallen Egypt: its rulers are threatened with
indigence
.
5
The conditions referred to are affluence and
indigence
,
as explained by Nilakantha.
6
Then glancing around the room, he saw everywhere age, decay, and
indigence
.
7
And especially what
indigence
will there be of that which is subordinate?
8
Remote from her friends; in a hovel; the abode of
indigence
and misery.
9
Perhaps
indigence
exercises a peculiar and equal effect upon the handwriting.
10
The house exhibited the most offensive appearance of filth and
indigence
.
11
A life of escapes and
indigence
could supply poetry with no splendid images.
12
Wealth formation and profit seeking are motivated by
indigence
,
both absolute and relative.
13
His whole property was confiscated, and he was reduced to
indigence
and contempt.
14
You are better at home, under no compulsion to act dishonorably from
indigence
.
15
Erik Satie lived the entire later half of his life in extreme
indigence
.
16
Man's history is not one of affluence, but one of
indigence
.
Other examples for "indigence"
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About this term
indigence
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
reduce to indigence
extreme indigence
frightful indigence
suffer indigence
virtuous indigence
More collocations
Translations for
indigence
português
indigência
miséria
catalão
misèria
necessitat
penúria
indigència
extrema pobresa
espanhol
miseria
necesidad
Indigence
through the time
Indigence
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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