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as in misery
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as in baseness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wretchedness
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Others though, like benzodiazepines, have wildly missed the mark, causing decades of unintended consequences and human misery.—
Thomas Goetz, STAT, 8 Jan. 2026
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Instead of getting used to the smells, her misery intensified with each passing day.—
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The Strip had been reduced to a landscape of destitution and ruin.—
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In late August, the World Health Organization cited a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis that found more than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths.—
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The funding went toward three federal programs, two of which focus on lifting families with children out of poverty.—
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As a group, Native Americans face high rates of poverty, chronic disease, and mental illness — all are risk factors for addiction.—
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Democrats scored commanding wins up and down the ballot and on ballot measures across the country amid signs that voters’ economic woes are top of mind — a warning sign for the president and his party heading into next year’s higher-stakes midterm elections.—
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Money woes, staffing shortages and patient insurance problems are about to get worse, hospital officials warn, under looming cuts to health care funding that are part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.—
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In the summer of 2021 protests began over the shortages and the penuries that people had been feeling.—
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The Legislature, governor and unions need to respect our labor and not tax us into penury.—
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The customers that applied to make the switch to Trident are a collection of the rich, the powerful and, in some cases, those accused of criminality.—
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If there is criminality, those people responsible will pay a steep price!—
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Most overt is the sweeping nationwide crime of rural impoverishment; then there are the endless tiny, daily injustices that result.—
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Separately, Biden thrice designated Haiti for Temporary Protected Status in the aftermath of the murder of President Jovenel Moise, a devastating earthquake, mass internal displacement, widespread gang violence, chronic hunger and extreme impoverishment.—
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His legal team also filed a separate motion requesting a public defender be assigned to his case, citing indigence.—
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The ceaseless movement of staff around the world compounds this nebulous sensation of perpetual indigence.—
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“Wretchedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wretchedness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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