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Adjective: poverty-stricken  'pó-vu(r)-tee'stri-kun
  1. Poor enough to need help from others
    "The poverty-stricken family struggled to afford basic food and shelter";
    - destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, dirt-poor [informal]

See also: poor