how to pronounce penury

/ˈpɛn.jə.ɹi/

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penury is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of penury in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… prison in 1897 he lived in penury in …”

meanings of penury

noun:

A lack of something; a dearth.
Extreme want; poverty; destitution.

penury frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word penury occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics penury can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that penury can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;