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Значения термина destitution на английском

Lack of the means of subsistence.

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Examples for "poverty"
Examples for "poverty"
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Kosovo's appalling environmental problems are part of a deeper problem: chronic poverty.
The Guardian
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Food poverty is a huge problem in Ireland and throughout the EU.
The Irish Times
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The company said it wanted to tackle period poverty in New Zealand.
Radio NZ
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We want greater recognition of the depth of the food poverty problem.
The Guardian
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They talk a good game about prosperity, but deliver crime and poverty.
Jamaica Observer
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His happiness was evidently incomplete in the privation of a similar pair.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 / A Magaz...
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One great privation in this winter travelling is the want of water.
Georgie's Present, or, Tales of Newfoundland
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It was meant to be boom-time after decades of war and privation.
Reuters
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Another is reared in poverty and has to toil and suffer privation.
Making the Most of Life
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Nor had the privation of the long journey dimmed in my mind.
Outpost
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And that was the truth; for their comfort had changed into penury.
In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales
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They lived in penury for three years before returning to San Diego.
The Irish Times
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I left the millions of Italy, and I find spoliation and penury.
The Companions of Jehu
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He was reduced many times to the very last extreme of penury.
The Junior Classics, Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism
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His penury coincided with the peak of his power, influence, and celebrity.
Empire of the Summer Moon
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I am lost in indigence; do confer on me Thy greatest favor.
Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
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Families who had lived in opulence found themselves suddenly reduced to indigence.
The Crayon Papers
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Our relations; who enjoyed all our property, had reduced us to indigence.
Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 6
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The greatest misfortune has befallen Egypt: its rulers are threatened with indigence.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
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The conditions referred to are affluence and indigence, as explained by Nilakantha.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
Использование термина destitution на английском
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It puts every ordinary working family at risk of falling into destitution.
The Guardian
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This was done in but few instances, the general destitution forbidding it.
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Havilan...
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There are millions of people living in destitution crying out for help.
The Irish Times
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The cause of the destitution of the proletariat are then set forth.
Proposed Roads to Freedom
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Yet it was still in a pitiable state of weakness and destitution.
The Great Intendant : A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada, 1665-...
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Our passengers were in a very sad state of destitution and sickness.
Hurricane Hurry
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Their destitution was due fully to the high-handed plunder of the city.
Down with the Cities!
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Evil of some kind is ever the cause of destitution and wretchedness.
Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures
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The injustices of destitution and wealth alike ought to be rendered impossible.
Political Ideals
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Comfort would seem smiling on the one, while destitution threatens the other.
Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
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All agreed that wherever they were, they must be in great destitution.
The Lost Lady of Lone
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Such people are constantly poor, and hanging on the verge of destitution.
Thrift
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They were all pictures of destitution, and especially the whilom debonair poet.
The Grey Cloak
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With the destitution of his weight, Mac felt his spirits soar also.
Tight Squeeze
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She knew what destitution meant, and she was afraid of it now.
The Clique of Gold
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It is not really destitution, but intemperance which turns them into thieves.
Crime and Its Causes
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