poverty

The state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts.

Deficiency in amount; scantiness.

Unproductiveness; infertility.

Renunciation made by a member of a religious order of the right to own property.

The state or condition of being poor; need or scarcity of means of subsistence; needy circumstances; indigence; penury.

The quality of being poor; a lack of necessary or desirable elements, constituents, or qualities.

Lack of richness of tone; thinness (of sound).

Dearth; scantiness; small allowance.

Poor things; objects or productions of little value.

The poor; poor people collectively. Compare the quality, used for persons of quality.