Used in a Sentence

poverty-stricken

How to use poverty-stricken in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for poverty-stricken.

Editorial note

All in all, the genuinely poverty-stricken homeless folk will suffer more than they already are today.

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Quick take

poor enough to need help from others

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

poor enough to need help from others

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for poverty-stricken.

Example sentences

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All in all, the genuinely poverty-stricken homeless folk will suffer more than they already are today.

2

If we look at the consequences of global warming, it's going to strike mostly in the poverty-stricken areas of the world.

3

Do police protect inner city poverty-stricken people victimized by gangs?It's pretty easy to argue that police only protect those who pay them.

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There are homeless and poverty-stricken families and individuals all around Detroit.

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In particular, his effort to make water purification machines for poverty-stricken areas is likely to have more health impact than anything currently doable.

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For example, if governments outlaw conventional fertilizer but the new one is more expensive to manufacture, then the cost of food could rise, causing starvation in poverty-stricken areas.

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Nearly everyone I know in Pakistan has voted for PTI, but through a combination of election rigging and a mass of poverty-stricken people being coerced into voting for the wrong guy resulted in the status quo being maintained.

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You don't see how flying in a rich westerner into some poverty-stricken region of the developing world to carry out an endangered wild big-game trophy hunt might be more controversial than killing an animal farmed for food for its intended purpose?

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I've lived in both the US and Scandinavia, and the US feels barely teetering on the edge of "advanced first-world country" in comparison: poor infrastructure, bureaucratic healthcare that causes angst when switching jobs, large numbers of homeless people, huge prison systems, swathes of poverty-stricken ghettoes, visible class demarcations, etc., etc.

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>How is forcing that indie developer in live in Alaska, much different from the Soviets shipping someone off to Siberia because they didn't get with the plan?Because one of them involves the choice between the gulag and death and the other involves the choice between being a poverty-stricken artist and anything else you might decide to do once you get over your art and quit.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use poverty-stricken in a sentence?

All in all, the genuinely poverty-stricken homeless folk will suffer more than they already are today.

What does poverty-stricken mean?

poor enough to need help from others

What part of speech is poverty-stricken?

poverty-stricken is commonly used as adjective.