ένδεια — meaning in English
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English meaning
- destitution noun The act of leaving someone or something behind.
- indigence noun Very great poverty.
- lack noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
- penury noun A state of severe poverty, or a particular period spent in it.
Senses
ένδεια is used for these senses in English:
- destitution An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
- indigence Extreme poverty or destitution.
- lack A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
- penury (uncountable) Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.
destitution — full definition
- noun The act of leaving someone or something behind.
- noun The act of removing someone from their job or position.
- noun The state of not having something.
- noun A severe degree of poverty in which someone has almost no resources or support to live on.
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