poverty
A state of inadequate ability to fulfill basic needs due to insufficient income. May be characterized in a typical picture by the lack of proper clothing and/or other basic amenities, overcrowding, malnutrition or other symptoms associated with improper nourishment, and/or peculiar behavior (scrounging for coins, extreme saving of resources, even violence). May also be associated with slums.
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The following tags are aliased to this tag: poor (learn more).