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1. (n.) penury
extreme poverty; destitution.
2. penury
scarcity or lack; insufficiency.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L pēnūria; akin to Gk peîna hunger, penía poverty)
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1. (noun) indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
"their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
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1. (noun) penury
absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution
2. (noun) penury
penuriousness; miserliness
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