destituteness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destituteness
Noun
  • Norms are being shattered, aid budgets for the poorest and most vulnerable are being slashed, and for the first time in a generation, extreme poverty has been on the rise.
    Michael Sheldrick, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • He was plunged into poverty, with years of underpaying jobs, each of which fired him when his arrest came to light.
    Madelyn Harrington, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Fortune said Thursday that the Obama administration gave Haitians temporary protective status after an earthquake devastated Haiti, multiplying the island’s many miseries.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
  • The season ends with so many of the characters on the verge of a path to proper fulfillment; why prolong their misery?
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Some of the tweaks to personnel have been born out of necessity, through suspensions (Nicolas Jackson, Moises Caicedo, Levi Colwill and Liam Delap) or injury niggles (e.g. Romeo Lavia and Reece James).
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • Pool had been working non-stop since the flood, seeming to be powered by a mix of necessity and purpose.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
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“Destituteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destituteness. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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