Impoverished - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɪmˈpɑvərɪʃt|  American pronunciation of the word impoverished
Brit.  |ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt|  British pronunciation of the word impoverished
- this word is a past tense form of the verbto impoverish
- this word is a past participle form of the verbto impoverish

adjective

- poor enough to need help from others (syn: destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken)
- destroyed financially (syn: broken)

Extra examples

...the widespread hope that the lottery's record-setting jackpot is won by an impoverished family...

...an impoverished field that over the years had been overgrazed...

...a decaying, impoverished city environed by affluent suburbs...

The dictator enriched himself but impoverished his people.

Poor farming practices impoverished the soil.

...an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins...

...bands of vagrant children in the streets of the impoverished city...

Falling coffee prices have impoverished many Third World economies.

The inhabitants were much impoverished by the quartering of soldiers.

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