noun
definition
The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
definition
Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness
example
poverty of soil
Examples of poverty in a Sentence
Despite their poverty begging is practically unknown.
Bringing an end to poverty, then, will also help bring an end to hunger.
Poverty would be no more.
Poverty in sub-Saharan Africa is a contributing factor in any number of conflicts there.
To build a case for the end of poverty, we begin by discussing scarcity.
Even Maria had gone uptown for the parade and festivities, surely a thrill compared to the rural poverty of her homeland.
For the meaning of the word abyona (" caper-berry," not "desire" or "poverty"), see art.
Mostly sons of poor parents, they live in extreme poverty, supporting themselves chiefly by translating and by tutorial work.
His childhood was passed in dire poverty.
His early life was a struggle with poverty.
Such is the poverty of our nomenclature.
In the villages, land ownership is a key factor of poverty.
This is a really crucial moment in the global fight against poverty.
What can be done at all policy levels to support poverty reduction?
This has been a common situation throughout areas with high degrees of poverty and is certainly the case in Ethiopia.
An attack of the ague sent him home, and on recovery, having resolved to attend a high school and fit himself to become a teacher, he passed the next four years in a hard struggle with poverty and in an earnest effort to secure an education, studying for a short time in the Geauga Seminary atChester, Ohio.
It is this passive resistance which accounts, for example, for the comparative paucity and poverty of distinctively Scottish literature since the Union.
Fuel poverty remains a killer in Britain today despite repeated efforts by government, with older people and the chronically sick at most risk.
It was not for himself alone he spoke, hearing sobs from hamlet to hamlet, poverty anchoring on the land like a plague.
Most of us are completely unfamiliar with such poverty.
Millions of people wore a white wristband this time last year to show their support for action to tackle global poverty.
Poverty of expression is apt to cloak the real spirit of primitive prayer, and the formula under which its aspirations may be summed up, namely, "Blessings come, evils go," covers all sorts of confused notions about a grace to be acquired and an impurity to be wiped away, which, as far back as our clues take us, invite interpretations of a decidedly spiritualistic and ethical order.
It is perfectly true that in several or even in many instances he acknowledges and deplores the poverty of his information, but this does not excuse him for making assertions (and such assertions are not unfrequent) based on evidence that is either wholly untrustworthy or needs further inquiry before it can be accepted (Ibis, 1860, pp. 331-335).
In its most basic form (which I'll discuss here for simplification's sake), it is a guarantee of a minimum income above the poverty line for every citizen.
While many people think of poverty and struggle as an issue in other countries, the truth of the matter is an abundance of families struggle to make ends meet right here in the United States.
Pellagra was common in the past when poverty led to malnutrition or where corn was a main staple and was prepared and stored in such a way that niacin was depleted from food.
The goal here is to relieve poverty, promote education and address people's needs of all kinds (including spiritual).
There are many different groups in the city that work to help those less fortunate, such as the homeless and those living in poverty.
Always working hard, Oprah spreads her efforts out to cover important areas such as poverty and educating the underprivileged.
The Angel Network's focus is on poverty, child neglect and disease.
Students learn how issues of poverty, education, health and sustainable development affect people in developing countries.
In 1993, one-third of single parents and their children lived in poverty, and by 1999, just over 25 percent of single parent families were living in those circumstances.
Because the majority of Gaza's families are refugees, there are high unemployment and high poverty levels.
Life is but momentary, whether you have the poverty of the poorest man in rags or the wealth of the richest living person.
If trade worked for poor people instead of wealthy nations, millions of people would be lifted out of poverty.
It brings spiritual poverty, obesity, social isolation, covert competition, satiation, heartlessness and periodic nervous breakdown.
It remains our duty to do all we can to resolve conflict, confront oppression, reduce poverty and promote good governance.
Only then can we deliver a focused strategy to tackle fuel poverty.
A fundamental reform of the system is needed if pensioner poverty is to be tackled - not one-off handouts.
In-work poverty must be challenged and that means addressing the problems of low pay and poor working conditions.
He is the first Venezuelan president to be actively tackling poverty.
Increased prosperity has gone hand in hand with poverty.
Came to Rome from Spain in 64; lived in poverty at first but became increasingly prosperous as he attracted notice.
They're advocating protectionism for poor countries - the surest way to make poverty last far longer than it has to in Africa.
However, by the 1960s there began a gradual realization that poverty had in fact not been eliminated.
But the ex-Soviet republic is a country of surprises, with good restaurants, cool bars and friendly locals notable amid the poverty.
And all this in a country riven by poverty and corruption.
The new approach is now meant to have a wider rubric, inclusive of poverty reduction.
It means fixing the broken rungs on the ladder from poverty to wealth.
Participation and accountability key to reducing poverty Extreme poverty in the developing world is overwhelmingly rural.