extreme+poverty

  • 21extreme*/*/ — [ɪkˈstriːm] adj I 1) very great in degree extreme poverty/hardship/cold[/ex] 2) extreme actions or opinions are considered unreasonable by most people It seemed a bit extreme to call the police.[/ex] extreme right wing views[/ex] 3) very unusual… …

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  • 22poverty — /ˈpɒvəti / (say povuhtee) noun 1. the condition of being poor with respect to money, goods, or means of subsistence. 2. deficiency or lack of something specified: poverty of ideas. 3. deficiency of desirable ingredients, qualities, etc.: poverty… …

  • 23Poverty trap — – poverty trap is a scenario where people experience poverty due to circumstances beyond their control. The trap becomes cyclical and begins to reinforce itself if steps are not taken to break the cycle. Depending upon a person’s origin of birth …

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  • 24Poverty in France — has fallen by 60% over thirty years. Although it affected 15% of the population in 1970, in 2001 only 6.1% (or 3.7 million people) were below the poverty line (which, according to INSEE s criteria, is half of the median income).Before, the poor… …

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  • 25Poverty — Pov er*ty (p[o^]v [ e]r*t[y^]), n. [OE. poverte, OF. povert[ e], F. pauvret[ e], fr. L. paupertas, fr. pauper poor. See {Poor}.] 1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need. Swathed …

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  • 26Poverty grass — Poverty Pov er*ty (p[o^]v [ e]r*t[y^]), n. [OE. poverte, OF. povert[ e], F. pauvret[ e], fr. L. paupertas, fr. pauper poor. See {Poor}.] 1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need …

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  • 27poverty — poverty, indigence, penury, want, destitution, privation all denote the state of one who is poor or without enough to live upon. Poverty, the most comprehensive of these terms, typically implies such deficiency of resources that one is deprived… …

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  • 28extreme — adj exorbitant, inordinate, *excessive, immoderate, extravagant extreme n Extreme, extremity are comparable when they mean the utmost limit or degree of something. Extreme usually applies to either of two limits which are diametrically opposed or …

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  • 29poverty — [n] want; extreme need, often financial abjection, aridity, bankruptcy, barrenness, beggary, dearth, debt, deficiency, deficit, depletion, destitution, difficulty, distress, emptiness, exiguity, famine, hardship, impecuniousness, impoverishment,… …

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  • 30Poverty in India — One third of India s population (roughly equivalent to the entire population of the United States) lives below the poverty line and India is home to one third of the world s poor people.Though the middle class has gained from recent positive… …

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