penuria

Definitions of penuria
  1. noun
    an insufficient quantity or number
    synonyms: desabastecimiento
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    type of:
    apretura, escasez, exigüidad, parvedad
    a small and inadequate amount
  2. noun
    an acute insufficiency
    synonyms: carestía, escasez, hambre
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    type of:
    carencia, deficiencia, escasez, estrechez, falta
    the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  3. noun
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
    synonyms: indigencia, miseria, necesidad, pobreza extrema
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    type of:
    desabrigo, empobrecimiento, inopia, pobretería, pobreza
    the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
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