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poverty

/ˈpɒvəti/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈpɒvəti/
poverty
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

po - ver - ty -> poverty

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဆင်းရဲနွမ်းပါးသည့် အခြေအနေ၊ ဆင်းရဲခြင်း၊ ခေါင်းပါခြင်း၊ ရှားပါးခြင်း

Full entry

poverty /'povǝti/ n

၁။ [U] ဆင်းရဲခြင်း။ live in poverty ❍ conditions of abject/ grinding poverty.
၂။ [U,sing] ခေါင်းပါးမှု။ His work displays (a) poverty of imagination.
၃။ [U] ညံ့ဖျင်းမှု။ နုံချာမှု။ the poverty of the soil ❍ They were recognizable by the poverty of their dress.
❏ the poverty line n [sing] အခြေခံ စားဝတ်နေမှုအတွက် အနည်းဆုံး လိုအပ်သော ဝင်ငွေ။ live below the poverty line.
❏ poverty-stricken adj ဆင်းရဲမွဲတေသော။ ဆင်းရဲခြင်း နှိပ်စက်သော။ poverty-stricken families/ areas.
❏ poverty trap n (usu sing ) (အလုပ်ရ၍ ဝင်ငွေရှိလာသည့် အခါတွင်လည်း လူမှုဖူလုံရေး ထောက်ပံ့မှု လျော့နည်းကာ ဝင်ငွေခွန် တိုးလာမှု ကြောင့်မကျွတ်လွတ်နိုင်သော) ဆင်းရဲခြင်းဝဲဩဃ။

More examples
  • There are many areas where the problems of poverty and unemployment still persist.
  • [in poverty] : Half the world’s population is living in poverty.
  • [poverty of] : The proposals display a worrying poverty of ideas.
Synonyms
scarcity, shortage, deficiency, lack, dearth, paucity, poor quality, abjection, aridity, bankruptcy, barrenness, beggary, debt, deficit, depletion, destitution, difficulty, distress, emptiness, exiguity, famine, hardship, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, inadequacy, indigence, insolvency, insufficiency, meagerness, necessitousness, necessity, need, neediness, often financial, pass, pauperism, pennilessness, penury, pinch, poorness, privation, reduction, scarceness, starvation, straits, underdevelopment, vacancy
Antonyms
abundance, adequacy, advantage, affluence, ease, enough, excess, fill, luxury, plenty, profit, richness, sufficiency, surplus, wealth
Cross references
scarcityshortagedeficiencylackdearthpaucitypoor qualityabjectionariditybankruptcybarrennessbeggarydebtdeficitdepletiondestitutiondifficultydistressemptinessexiguityfaminehardshipimpecuniosityimpecuniousnessimpoverishmentinadequacyindigenceinsolvency
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