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indigence n. 贫乏,穷困 贫乏,穷困 indigence n 1: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; " their indigence appalled him"; " a general state of need exists among the homeless" [ synonym: { indigence}, { need}, { penury}, { pauperism}, { pauperization}] Indigence \ In" di* gence\, n. [ L. indigentia: cf. F. indigence. See { Indigent}.] The condition of being indigent; lack of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless indigence. -- Cowper. Syn: Poverty; penury; destitution; want; need; privation; lack. See { Poverty}. [ 1913 Webster] 26 Moby Thesaurus words for " indigence": bare cupboard, bare subsistence, beggarliness, beggary, deprivation, destitution, empty purse, grinding poverty, gripe, hand- to- mouth existence, homelessness, impecuniousness, impoverishment, lack, mendicancy, moneylessness, necessitousness, necessity, need, neediness, pauperism, pauperization, penury, pinch, privation, want
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