penury

(pĕn'yə-rē)
n.

1. Extreme want or poverty; destitution.
2. Extreme dearth; barrenness or insufficiency.

[Middle English penurie, from Latin pēnūria, want.]

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noun

The condition of being extremely poor: beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, need, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, poverty, privation, want. See rich/poor.

n

Definition: extreme poverty
Antonyms: affluence, wealth

For a list of words related to penury, see:

• Economics and Economic Theory - penury: extreme poverty
• Spending, Receiving, and Possessing Wealth - penury: extreme poverty

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - armod, fattigdom

Nederlands (Dutch)
vreselijke armoede, gebrek/schaarste, extreme gierigheid

Français (French)
n. - indigence

Deutsch (German)
n. - Armut, Not

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικονομική) εξαθλίωση, φτώχεια

Italiano (Italian)
penuria, miseria, indigenza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - penúria (f), escassez (f)

Русский (Russian)
нищета

Español (Spanish)
n. - penuria, escasez, miseria, indigencia, pobreza

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fattigdom, brist, torftighet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
贫困, 贫穷

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 貧困, 貧窮

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가난한, 궁핍, 결핍

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 貧窮, 赤貧, 窮乏

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فقر, عوز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קמצנות, עוני, חוסר‬

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