Verty

n. 1 being poor; want. (often Poll. by of, in) scarcity or lack. 3 inferiority, poorness. [Latin pauper] verty line n. minimum income eeded for the necessities of life. vertystricken adj. very poor. verty trap n. situation in which an increase of income incurs a loss of State nefits, making real improvement imssible.