Related Words for poverty

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WordSyllablesCategories
impoverishment
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Noun
homelessness
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Noun
inequality
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Noun
malnutrition
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Noun
destitution
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Noun
joblessness
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Noun
squalor
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Noun
illiteracy
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Noun
inequity
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Noun
unemployment
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Noun
wretchedness
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Noun
injustice
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Noun
oppression
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Noun
misery
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Noun
affluence
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Noun
starvation
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Noun
deprivation
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Noun
violence
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Noun
slums
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Noun
hunger
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Noun
hopelessness
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Noun
hardship
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Noun
criminality
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Noun
underdevelopment
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Noun, Adjective
racism
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Noun
corruption
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Noun
obesity
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Noun
backwardness
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Noun
unhappiness
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Noun
penury
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Noun
pollution
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Noun
insecurity
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Noun
overpopulation
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Noun
loneliness
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Noun
sickness
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Noun
marginalization
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Noun
underemployment
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Noun
opulence
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Noun
disparities
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Noun
prosperity
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Noun
famine
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Noun
powerlessness
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Noun
crime
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Noun
depression
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Noun
immorality
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Noun
unfairness
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Noun
socioeconomic
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Adjective
despair
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Noun
undernutrition
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Noun
disease
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Noun
illness
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Noun
depravity
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Noun
discrimination
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Noun
welfare
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Noun
disability
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Noun
stigmatization
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Noun
classism
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Noun
bigotry
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Noun
pauperism
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Noun
alcoholism
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Noun
strife
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Noun
malaria
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Noun
cruelty
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Noun
devastation
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Noun
privation
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Noun
cheapness
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Noun
inadequacy
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Noun
inferiority
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Noun
dearth
/
Noun
necessity
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Noun
unavailability
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Noun
richness
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Noun
inaccessibility
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Noun
slackness
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Noun
carelessness
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Noun
ineligibility
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Noun
feebleness
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Noun
stringency
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Noun
slowness
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Noun
disrepair
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Noun
underperformance
xxx/x
Noun
scarcity
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Noun
thinness
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Noun
eradicate
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Adjective, Verb
eld
x
Adverb
alleviated
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Adjective
abject
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Adjective
feminization
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Noun
genteel
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Adjective
abysmal
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Adjective
mired
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Verb
historicism
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Noun
vow
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Noun
stricken
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Verb
cultivate
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Adjective
grinding
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Verb
keenly
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Adverb
obscurity
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Noun
unrelieved
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Adjective
chastity
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Noun
combating
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Verb
hardcore
//
Adjective
overcrowding
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Noun
extreme
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Adjective
alienation
xxx/x
Noun
apathy
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Noun
arm
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
corresponding
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Adjective, Noun
country
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Noun, Adjective
culture
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Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
delinquency
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Noun
demoralization
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Noun
depletion
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Noun
deprived
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Adjective
dirt
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Noun, Verb
discontent
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
discouragement
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Noun
dissatisfaction
xxx/x
Noun
distress
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Noun, Verb
downfall
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Noun, Verb
employment
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Noun
focused
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Adjective
frustration
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Noun
helpless
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Adjective
hungry
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Adjective
indigent
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Adjective, Noun
injury
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Noun, Verb
learning
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Noun
literacy
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Noun
nation
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Noun, Adverb
need
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Verb, Noun
needy
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Adjective
obedience
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Noun
paucity
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Noun
pittance
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Noun
plight
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Noun, Verb
precariousness
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Noun
reduce
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Verb
reduction
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Noun
sectorial
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Adjective, Noun
security
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Noun
shortage
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Noun
stagnation
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Noun
street
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
subregional
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Adjective, Noun
sustainable
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Adjective, Noun
trifle
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Noun, Verb
tripe
/
Noun
use
/
Noun, Verb
vietnam
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Name
want
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Verb, Noun
wealth
/
Noun
shirtless
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Adjective
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
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Adverb
die
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Verb, Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
sorta
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Adverb