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poverty, destitution, privation, indigence, penury
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The generation that experienced postwar destitution is careful not to waste food.
Due to the prolonged recession, many households fell into poverty.
He failed in his business, and there was a period when his entire family was in dire poverty.
The memories of her youth spent in privation nurtured her frugal spirit.
The government put forward emergency economic relief measures to prevent the impoverishment of its citizens.
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