poverty-ridden vs starved

poverty-ridden

adj
  • Suffering from poverty. 

  • During which one suffers or has suffered from poverty. 

  • Filled with or plagued by poverty. 

starved

adj
  • Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished. 

  • Deprived of nourishment or of something vital. 

  • Extremely hungry. 

How often have the words poverty-ridden and starved occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )