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Meanings of
penury
in inglês
português
indigência
catalão
misèria
espanhol
miseria
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A state of extreme poverty or destitution.
need
pauperism
indigence
pauperization
português
indigência
Lack of the means of subsistence.
poverty
privation
destitution
Synonyms
Examples for "
need
"
need
pauperism
indigence
pauperization
Examples for "
need
"
1
Of course, people
need
housing, they
need
food, they
need
good education.
2
Conclusions: Fathers and mothers often report problems and frequently
need
professional support.
3
Public health agencies
need
a better long-term solution for prevention: a vaccine.
4
English language tests Question: I
need
to book an English language test.
5
Europe will
need
a different strategy to cope with Spain and Italy.
1
The southern Italians, who are the most illiterate, produce the most
pauperism
.
2
Giving to such persons encourages
pauperism
and fraud instead of curing it.
3
Feeble-mindedness in one generation becomes
pauperism
or insanity in the next.
4
The improvement exhibited in figures of
pauperism
is entirely confined to outdoor relief.
5
This ought to correct some ideas as to where the
pauperism
comes from.
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.
1
The
pauperization
of labor depends on the monopoly of land combined with the monopoly of machinery.
2
That is
pauperization
nowadays.
Usage of
penury
in inglês
1
And that was the truth; for their comfort had changed into
penury
.
2
They lived in
penury
for three years before returning to San Diego.
3
I left the millions of Italy, and I find spoliation and
penury
.
4
He was reduced many times to the very last extreme of
penury
.
5
His
penury
coincided with the peak of his power, influence, and celebrity.
6
To have brought
penury
to his lady-love struck him to the heart.
7
What would have satisfied the ancient would seem to us like
penury
.
8
Never was
penury
of knowledge and vulgarity of sentiment so happily disguised.
9
Never were
penury
of knowledge and vulgarity of sentiment so happily disguised.
10
Our Universities are impoverished of learning, by the
penury
of their provisions.
11
A few years of an old man's life hi
penury
and obscurity.
12
The rest of his life was a blur of
penury
and dissolution.
13
And that rivalry drove all other merchant houses in Altaruk into
penury
.
14
All need relief from the
penury
that fuels domestic violence and sometimes prostitution.
15
The years of his youth are lost; his father has died in
penury
.
16
That means not forcing employees to choose between
penury
and working while coughing.
Other examples for "penury"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
penury
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
absolute penury
reduce to penury
utter penury
such penury
abject penury
More collocations
Translations for
penury
português
indigência
miséria
catalão
misèria
necessitat
penúria
indigència
extrema pobresa
espanhol
miseria
necesidad
Penury
through the time
Penury
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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