Destitution
Destitution noun - The state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions.
Usage example: widespread destitution in Third World countries
Nearby Words: destruction, destitute, destituted
Wealth
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Only in It for the Money: Similarly, the basis for Sumi and Souichirou's marriage was money: Sumi needed it to save her family from destitution, while Souichirou needed a wife to inherit his wealth and to have said wife as a Honey Trap for Nozomu.
Source: Manga / Stepping on Roses
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Wealth and Destitution. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destitution/wealth
Destitution & Wealth. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/destitution/wealth>.
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