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poverty
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[ˈpɒvəti], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the state of being extremely poor
(e.g: thousands of families are living in abject poverty)
- the state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount
(e.g: the poverty of her imagination)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French poverte, from Latin paupertas, from pauper ‘poor’
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