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    pov·er·ty-strick·en
    [ˈpävərdē ˌstrikən]
    ADJECTIVE
    poverty-stricken (adjective)
    1. extremely poor:
      "thousands of poverty-stricken people"
      synonyms:
      extremely poor · impoverished · destitute · penniless · on one's beam-ends · as poor as a church mouse · without a sou · dirt poor · in penury · penurious · impecunious · indigent · needy · needful · in need/want · unable to make ends meet ·
      down and out · necessitous · beggarly · moneyless · bankrupt · in straitened circumstances · on the breadline · without a penny (to one's name) · pauperized · beggared
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    pov·er·ty-strick·en (pŏv′ər-tē-strĭk′ən) adj. Extremely poor: "the poverty-stricken masses of the globe who die wretchedly of hunger and disease" (Louis Auchincloss).
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