Penury
[pen-yuh-ree] /ˈpɛn yə ri/
noun
1.
extreme poverty; destitution.
2.
scarcity; dearth; inadequacy; insufficiency.
/ˈpɛnjʊrɪ/
noun
1.
extreme poverty
2.
extreme scarcity
n.
c.1400, from Latin penuria “want, need; scarcity,” related to paene “scarcely.”
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