[ˈpɒvəti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the state of being extremely poor
(e.g: thousands of families are living in abject poverty)

- the state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount
(e.g: the poverty of her imagination)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French poverte, from Latin paupertas, from pauper ‘poor’