A chronic situation or problem is very severe and unpleasant. One cause of the artist's suicide seems to have been chronic poverty. There is a chronic shortage of patrol cars in this police district. Research and technology are said to be chronically underfunded. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. More @Wikipedia
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