desperate poverty

collocation in English

meaningsofdesperateandpoverty

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desperate
adjective
uk
/ˈdes.pər.ət/us
/ˈdes.pɚ.ət/
very serious ...
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poverty
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpɒv.ə.ti/us
/ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i/
the condition of being ...
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(Definition ofdesperateandpovertyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They lost those benefits and are living indesperatepoverty.
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That is an insult to many who are living in abject,desperatepoverty.
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Tragically, they are often widows living indesperatepoverty.
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Many of those families still live indesperatepovertyin metal huts with outside toilets and little furniture.
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It is surely right to target money on those in the mostdesperatepoverty.
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There are large masses ofdesperatepovertyin developing countries, and the poor can ill afford to take a long view of the natural resources to which they gain access.
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What we are up against isdesperatepovertyin the area where there is this fishery.
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They live in the mostdesperatepovertyin great danger to themselves.
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The whole region has suffered fromdesperatepoverty, so the reconstruction programme represents an important opportunity for it.
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It is in the interests of justice, and of the whole world, that we should deal with thedesperatepovertyentrenched by debt.
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They compare it with their owndesperatepoverty, which is increasing every year.
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There are people indesperatepovertywho cannot afford to lose this money.
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It is a minor relief to people suffering fromdesperatepoverty.
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When they are injured or sick they are immediately plunged into the mostdesperatepoverty.
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The injury and loss of life is a tragedy for the women concerned, and usually results indesperatepovertyfor their children.
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A quarter of the world's population live in terrible,desperatepoverty.
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Those of us who know that country know thatdesperatepovertyis the driving force behind people leaving and must be alleviated.
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It also means that too many of our children and our citizens live indesperatepoverty.
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It is a continent of acute contrasts of wealth anddesperatepoverty.
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