Poverty-ridden
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Poverty-ridden is an adjective meaning (of a community, place, etc.) Filled with or plagued by poverty.
Meaning
(of a community, place, etc.) Filled with or plagued by poverty.
More Meanings
- (of a person) Suffering from poverty.
- (of a time) During which one suffers or has suffered from poverty.
Example Sentences
I was a poverty-ridden student striving for life in a system which makes the very existence of a scholar precarious.
[…] a young girl is sent to prison and forcibly fed with a tube through the nose for telling poverty-ridden slum-women how to keep from becoming pregnant!
The White House would be the culmination of a quest for power that contrasts with the powerlessness of his poverty-ridden early years and the helplessness that followed the war wound.
Fresh from the poverty-ridden hillsides of Connaught, these rich grazing-lands, comfortable houses, magnificent demesnes and castles, are unspeakably grateful to the eye and healing to the spirit.
Synonyms for poverty-ridden
Depending on context, synonyms include poor.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slum-ridden, crime-ridden, waste-ridden, obstacle-ridden, lousy, caste-ridden.
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