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poverty-stricken

(-strik′ən)

adjective

  1. stricken with poverty; very poor
  2. characteristic of, or giving the appearance of, poverty

See poverty-stricken in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Suffering from poverty; miserably poor. See Synonyms at poor.

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