Poverty-stricken
Poverty-stricken adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: poverty-stricken immigrants struggling to make ends meet
Short and poverty-stricken are semantically related. in penniless topic. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective phrase "Poverty-stricken", when it comes to topics like very poor.
Short
Short adjective - Having relatively little height.
Poverty-stricken and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Poverty-stricken" instead an adjective "Short".
Both words in one sentence
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David Grantland in Christy (the book and corresponding short-lived TV series) was a recent seminary graduate who tried to preach to an entire area poverty-stricken, uneducated residents of the Appalachians in 1912.
Source: Preacher Man
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