as in poverty
the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions
too many people are homeless and living in shameful beggary in this country
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Recent Examples of beggary
Hence his need to construct an elaborate scheme of beggary that seems to have involved the bills being paid initially by the Cabinet office, then by the Conservative Party, then by a private donor, and finally, and only after the whole affair became a political embarrassment, by Johnson himself.
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Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2021
Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beggary
Noun
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Nearly 1 in 3 people in Bogalusa live in poverty — 2½ times the national average.—
Fred Clasen-Kelly,
NPR,
19 Aug. 2025
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But families with very low or no taxable income—those living in poverty or living paycheck to paycheck—also urgently need other forms of support.—
Sarah Rittling,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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Adding to the misery, smoke from the Pickett Fire burning near Calistoga was expected to impact Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties, according to the Bay Area Air District.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
22 Aug. 2025
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Thirteen days of misery, and then the ship stopped.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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But the mass of the population remained trapped in rural penury or urban favelas, while the fortunate few soared over the country’s ungovernable megacities in private helicopters.—
Jonathan Tepperman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Dec. 2015
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The progressivism had its roots in a southern economy that depended on agriculture and, as a result, suffered an unusual degree of penury during the Depression.—
Taeku Lee,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Aug. 2013
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“Beggary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beggary. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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