wretchedness

noun

Definition of wretchednessnext
1
as in misery

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2
as in baseness

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  1. misery
  2. destitution
  3. poverty
  4. woe
  5. penury
  6. criminality
  7. indigence
  8. necessity
Noun
  • Middleton put the possession out of its misery with what turned into a decent look on an off-the-bounce midrange jumper, but the entire possession lacked purpose.
    Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Carter’s true legacy is one of economic misery at home and embarrassment on the world stage.
    Philip Klein, National Review, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of misery
Noun
  • Beth has only one season to land a husband who will ensure that her family can avoid certain destitution.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Thanks in part to regular double-digit levels of growth in the decades that followed economic liberalization — plus the very recent memory of total destitution — China’s population not too long ago was one of the most optimistic in the world.
    Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of destitution
Noun
  • In recent years, Puerto Rico has faced the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, earthquakes, ongoing power grid failures, one of the highest poverty rates in the US, and an economic crisis.
    Lola Mendez, Architectural Digest, 15 Jan. 2025
  • In no state do TANF benefits reach even 60% of the poverty level for a family of three.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of poverty
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  • Some career civil servants avoided sharing their woes and challenges with each other, not wanting to burden others facing difficult situations as well or fail to uphold their own professional standards.
    Jaime L Kucinskas, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Costing around 35 cents a ride and boasting views unmatched anywhere else in the city, the cable cars have also helped to minimize traffic congestion and parking woes in the densely packed Centro.
    Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of woe
Noun
  • One of Thompson’s signature innovations was to use a predictive algorithm to kick ailing and disabled Medicare patients out of nursing homes and rehabilitative programs, causing untold misery and penury.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Still, the movement to end dependency and penury in old age gathered force and triumphed with the enactment of Social Security in 1935, the crowning achievement of the New Deal.
    Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of penury
Noun
  • In reality, there is no correlation between immigration status and criminality.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • There were other chances, goals ruled out, Murphy striking the crossbar, and then Joelinton gilded the scoreline after intercepting a pass out from Amadou Onana that straddled negligence and criminality.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of criminality
Noun
  • The ceaseless movement of staff around the world compounds this nebulous sensation of perpetual indigence.
    Nick Foulkes, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In its first three years, Bolsa Família cut extreme poverty by 15 percent, and by 2014, the percentage of Brazilians living in indigence had been slashed to less than three percent—a level the World Bank considers equivalent to eradication.
    Jonathan Tepperman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
Definition of indigence
Noun
  • If your phone is your lifeline while solo traveling, then a portable charger is an absolute necessity.
    Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Hector Guzman said residents can go to any of seven checkpoints between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. and can be escorted to retrieve necessities.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of necessity
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