noun · countable / uncountable · rare

penury

pen·u·ry

penury · penuries

біднота

нищета, нужда

Insuffizienz

Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; an instance of thisExtreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.

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UK/ˈpɛnjʊɹi/US/ˈpɛnjəɹi/

» Tom's early life of penury shaped his later obsession with wealth.

Meaning

3 senses

(uncountable, usually)Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.
нищета́niščetá, нужда́nuždá
біднота́bidnotá
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
(countable, poetic, usually)Often followed by of: a lack of something; a dearth, a scarcity.
недоста́токnedostátok
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)The quality of being miserly; miserliness, parsimoniousness, stinginess.

Examples

3 sentences

Tom's early life of penury shaped his later obsession with wealth.
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The artist lived in cheerful penury, valuing his freedom more than comfort.
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Can Tebboune lead Algeria from penury to prosperity?
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Translations

5 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty:

Русский

By meaning 2

extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty:

lack of something — see also dearth, scarcity:

Origin

From Late Middle English penuri, penurie (“destitution, need, poverty; dearth, lack, scarc

From Late Middle English penuri, penurie (“destitution, need, poverty; dearth, lack, scarcity”), borrowed from Latin pēnūria (“need, scarcity, want”) + Middle English -i, -ie (suffix forming abstract and collective nouns); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to paene (“almost, nearly; barely, hardly, scarcely”, adverb), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate; to hurt”).

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