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Meaning of 'penury' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Penury [ n.]
- Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution.
- Penuriousness; miserliness.

Meaning of 'penury' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . penury [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a state of extreme poverty or destitution
Example in sentence:
  • a general state of need exists among the homeless;
  • their indigence appalled him

Nearby Words:

pen penal penality penalize penally penalties penalty penance penanced penanceless

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