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desperate poverty

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meanings of desperateand poverty


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desperate
adjective
uk /ˈdes.pər.ət/ us /ˈdes.pɚ.ət/
very serious ...
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poverty
noun[U]
uk /ˈpɒv.ə.ti/ us /ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i/
the condition of being ...
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Examples of desperate poverty


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They lost those benefits and are living in desperatepoverty.
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That is an insult to many who are living in abject, desperatepoverty.
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Tragically, they are often widows living in desperatepoverty.
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Many of those families still live in desperatepoverty in metal huts with outside toilets and little furniture.
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It is surely right to target money on those in the most desperatepoverty.
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There are large masses of desperatepoverty in developing countries, and the poor can ill afford to take a long view of the natural resources to which they gain access.
What we are up against is desperatepoverty in the area where there is this fishery.
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They live in the most desperatepoverty in great danger to themselves.
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The whole region has suffered from desperatepoverty, so the reconstruction programme represents an important opportunity for it.
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It is in the interests of justice, and of the whole world, that we should deal with the desperatepoverty entrenched by debt.
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They compare it with their own desperatepoverty, which is increasing every year.
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There are people in desperatepoverty who cannot afford to lose this money.
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It is a minor relief to people suffering from desperatepoverty.
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When they are injured or sick they are immediately plunged into the most desperatepoverty.
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The injury and loss of life is a tragedy for the women concerned, and usually results in desperatepoverty for their children.
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A quarter of the world's population live in terrible, desperatepoverty.
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Those of us who know that country know that desperatepoverty is the driving force behind people leaving and must be alleviated.
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It also means that too many of our children and our citizens live in desperatepoverty.
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It is a continent of acute contrasts of wealth and desperatepoverty.
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