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poverty-stricken definition

poverty-stricken (-strik′ən)

adjective

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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