poverty
poverty n
OFr < L. pauper, poor.
- Destitution; indigence; lack of possessions; absence of material goods.
- Lack; absence; deficit; paucity; shortage.
- Lack of spiritual riches; [fig.] inability to express beauty or emotion.
- [Fig.] fault; flaw; imperfection; defect; frailty; shortcoming.
- [Fig.] sorrow; disappointment.