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Penury

Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020

[ pen-yuh-ree ]

noun

  1. extreme poverty; destitution.

Examples of penury in a sentence:

  • When John lost all his money gambling, his family was forced to live in penury.  
  • If you don’t start to save money, you will spend your final years in penury!  

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