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   impoverished

   /ɪmˈpɒv(ə)rɪʃt/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or area) made poor: "impoverished villages" Similar poorpoverty-strickenpennilesspenuriousdestituteindigentimpecuniousneedypauperizedin distressed/reduced/straitened circumstancesin wantin needdown and outon the breadlinebankruptruinedinsolventwiped outcleaned outbrokenwithout a penny to one's nameinformal:brokeflat brokeon one's uppersstrapped (for cash)busthard upwithout two pennies/farthings to rub togetherwithout a beanwithout a souas poor as a church mouseon skid rowstony brokeskintwithout a shot in one's lockeron one's beam endsrhyming slang:boracic (lint)informal:stone brokewithout a red centrare:beggaredOpposite richwealthy
   • ▪ deprived of strength or vitality: "an impoverished and debased language" Similar weakenedexhausteddrainedsappeddiminisheddepletedenervatedsucked dryused upspentplayed outbarrenunproductiveunfertileariduncultivatableOpposite richfertile

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   What does impoverished mean?

   • IMPOVERISHED definition: 1. very poor: 2. made weaker or worse in quality: 3. very poor: . Learn more.

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   What does living an impoverished life mean?

   • Living an impoverished life means that your finances and health are not in good shape, and in fact you could die because you can’t support yourself. A corrupt and greedy government makes its citizens impoverished, and too much pollution will create impoverished soil that isn’t healthy enough to grow delicious vegetables. "Impoverished."

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   What does it mean when a country is impoverished?

   • When a country is imporverished, it has been reduced to poverty. This can occur due to various reasons such as war. The soil can also be impoverished by bad farming practices.

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   Is an object impoverished?

   • An object is impoverished insofar as it is not plentiful. This dichotomy, however, is too impoverished for a full understanding of the ways processes (and indeed outcomes) may be valued. But the metropolitanists never mastered the post-depression forces that impoverished the urban core and promoted urban sprawl.

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   Impoverished means very poor or having little money, or made weaker or worse in quality. See synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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   Impoverished means reduced to poverty, exhausted of richness or fertility, or represented by few species or individuals. See synonyms, examples, word history and related entries for impoverished.

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   Impoverished describes being really, really poor, either from having no money or being in bad health. A person who lives on the street is impoverished, and a country may become impoverished after a devastating war.

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   Impoverished means reduced to poverty, or having few resources or qualities. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of this adjective with sentences from various sources.

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    Impoverished means very poor or without money. It can be used to describe people, areas, or countries. See examples, pronunciation, and related words.