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Indigence

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɪndɪd͡ʒəns

Definitions

Extreme poverty or destitution.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolindigenciainopia
Françaisindigence
Portuguêsindigência
17 more languages

Examples

“On Professor Solanka’s street, well-heeled white youths lounged in baggy garments on roseate stoops, stylishly simulating indigence while they waited for the billionairedom that would surely be along sometime soon.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

indigency Indigene indigeneity indigeneship indigenisation indigenism

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