Noun

(en-noun)

The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.

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, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=11, magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=America’s poverty' line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the '''poverty''' barrier. But '''poverty'''’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own ' poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}

Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.

Noun

(IPA: /?n.?m?pl??.m?nt /)

The state of having no job; joblessness.

Unemployment made Jack depressed.

The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.

Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.

The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.

Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April.

(countable) A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.

All unemployments , seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work.

(countable) An instance or period of joblessness.

Until them his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numberous unemployments , and drug use.