25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Inveterately \In*vet"er*ate*ly\, adverb In an inveterate manner or degree. ''Inveterately tough.'' --Hawthorne.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

inveterately

adverb: in a habitual and long-standing manner; "smoking chronically" [syn: {chronically}]
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