Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Extremely poor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Reduced to a state of poverty; suffering from the effects of poverty; needy; indigent.
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- adjective Very
poor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective poor enough to need help from others
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Examples
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The church must extend its evangelistic program into all of the poverty-stricken and slum areas of the big cities, thereby touching the individuals who are more susceptible to criminal traits.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Well, about 14 percent of the U.S. population would be considered poverty-stricken by that standard.
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Well, about 14 percent of the U.S. population would be considered poverty-stricken by that standard.
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She, an heiress and once "gentle, neurotic creature", is now poverty-stricken; a "hag" spewing misery, resentment and, throughout the length of this sprawling, at times exhausting, novel, vivid threats of suicide and infanticide.
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Well, about 14 percent of the U.S. population would be considered poverty-stricken by that standard.
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Well, about 14 percent of the U.S. population would be considered poverty-stricken by that standard.
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•TV's best family drama, Friday Night Lights (tonight, 8 ET/PT), begins its NBC stint with Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) transferred to poverty-stricken East Dillon High.
Critic's Corner Weekend: 'Friday Night Lights,' 'The Pacific' 2010
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Well, about 14 percent of the U.S. population would be considered poverty-stricken by that standard.
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Well, about 14 percent of the U.S. population would be considered poverty-stricken by that standard.
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Well, about 14 percent of the U.S. population would be considered poverty-stricken by that standard.
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