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Poverty

/ˈpɒvəti/
The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

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And from her youth up she had seen little but poverty.

For the first time she understood her mother's fear of poverty.

'Poverty and pride do not go at all well together.

Etymology:

etymology
From Middle English poverte, from Old French poverté, from Latin paupertās, meaning the state of being poor, derived from pauper, meaning poor.

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