deprivation

noun

The damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society.

SYNONYMS

beggarydestitutiondistressfinancial distresshand-to-mouth existencehardshipimpecuniosityimpecuniousnessimpoverishmentindigenceneedneedinesspauperdompauperismpauperizationpenurypovertyprivationreduced circumstancesruinstraitened circumstanceswant