indigence

Definitions

A state of extreme poverty or destitution.

A lack of the necessities of life.

Examples

The charity was established to provide relief to those living in extreme indigence.

Years of economic instability had reduced the once-wealthy merchant to a state of utter indigence.

Synonyms

poverty destitution penury want neediness impecuniousness privation

Antonyms

wealth affluence opulence prosperity riches plenty abundance