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Noun: penury  pe-nyu-ree
  1. A state of extreme poverty or destitution
    "their penury appalled him"
    - indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization

Derived forms: penuries

See also: penurious

Type of: impoverishment, poorness, poverty

Encyclopedia: Penury

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