beggarliness
/ˈbɛɡərlinəs/
noun
- The quality or state of being like a beggar; extreme poverty or shabbiness.
- The novel captures the beggarliness of life in the slums.
- The beggarliness of the old house was evident in its broken windows and peeling paint.
- She was struck by the beggarliness of the refugees' living conditions.
- A mean, miserly, or ungenerous quality.
- His beggarliness in tipping the waiter embarrassed his friends.
- There was a certain beggarliness in the way he hoarded his wealth.
- The beggarliness of the offer insulted the hardworking employees.
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