Destituteness and Penury

Destituteness

Destituteness noun - The state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions.
Usage example: the appalling destituteness of the people in that underdeveloped country

Penury and destituteness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Penury" instead a noun "Destituteness".

Penury

Penury noun - The state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions.
Usage example: lived in a time when single women like herself faced a lifetime of genteel penury
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Synonyms for Penury

Destituteness and penury are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destituteness" instead a noun "Penury".

Nearby Word: penurious
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