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- Dictionaryimpoverishment/ɪmˈpɒv(ə)rɪʃm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. the process of becoming poor; loss of wealth: "fifteen years of political instability resulted in widespread impoverishment and famine"
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IMPOVERISHMENT definition: 1. the condition of being or becoming very poor, or the act of making someone very poor: 2. the…. Learn more.
the act or result of making something weaker or worse in quality: The overuse of chemical fertilizers has caused impoverishment of the soil. cultural / economic / spiritual impoverishment. All too often these attempts have resulted in an impoverishment of the subject. Fewer examples.
to make someone very poor: The new law is likely to further impoverish single parents. He was made to pay a ruinous fine that impoverished his family. to make something weaker or worse in quality: Excessive farming had impoverished the soil. Our cultural heritage would be impoverished by the absence of Mozart. See. impoverished. Fewer examples.
to make poor; to deprive of strength, richness, or fertility by depleting or draining of something essential… See the full definition
the act of making something worse in quality; the state of being poor in quality. cultural impoverishment. Check pronunciation: impoverishment. Definition of impoverishment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Impoverishment is the state or fact of being extremely poor. A neighborhood's impoverishment is sometimes obvious from its many abandoned buildings.
Impoverishment is the state or process of being impoverished. ...a meeting of experts on how the impoverishment of Africa can be reversed. National isolation can only cause economic and cultural impoverishment.
im·pov·er·ish. (ĭm-pŏv′ər-ĭsh, -pŏv′rĭsh) tr.v. im·pov·er·ished, im·pov·er·ish·ing, im·pov·er·ish·es. 1. To reduce to poverty; make poor. 2. To deprive of richness or strength: impoverish the soil by overuse.
verb (used with object) to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war. Antonyms: enrich. to make poor in quality, productiveness, etc.; exhaust the strength or richness of: Bad farming practices impoverished the soil.
1. to make poor or diminish the quality of. to impoverish society by cutting the grant to the arts. 2. to deprive ( soil, etc) of fertility. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. impoverisher (imˈpoverisher) noun.
