poverty-stricken

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poverty-stricken

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Very poor. The small village was poverty-stricken, with many families struggling to afford even basic necessities like food and water.
Similar: almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic, broke, broken, broker than the Ten Commandments, depauperate, destitute

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adj very poor

Español	paupérrimo, pauperizado, desposeído, carenciado, indigente
中文	貧困 /贫困 pínkùn, 貧窮 /贫穷 pínqióng, 窘促 jiǒngcù
Français	miséreux

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@misc{poverty_stricken_2026,
  title = {poverty-stricken},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poverty-stricken},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}