poverty

• Substantivo que designa o estado de extrema carência material, em que faltam recursos financeiros ou bens básicos para viver com um mínimo de dignidade.

A noun referring to the state of being extremely poor, lacking sufficient money or material possessions to maintain a basic standard of living.

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1. State of being poorB1formal

   The condition of being extremely poor, lacking sufficient money or material possessions.

   Pobreza

   • Many families live in poverty in rural areas.
   • The government is working to reduce poverty.
   • He grew up in poverty but became successful later.

   Sinônimosdestitutionimpoverishmentindigenceinsolvencyneedpenurywant

   Antônimosabundanceaffluencefortuneopulenceplentyprosperitywealth

2. Scarcity or deficiencyB2formal

   A lack of something, such as quality, resources, or ideas.

   Escassez

   • There is a poverty of imagination in that proposal.
   • The region suffers from a poverty of natural resources.
   • Her writing shows a poverty of original thought.

   Sinônimosdearthdeficiencyinadequacyinsufficiencylackmeagernessneedpaucityscarcityshortagesparsenesswant

   Antônimosabundanceaffluenceplentyprofusionrichnesswealth