impoverished

/ɪmˈpɑvəɹɪʃt/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

alcoholic, all, english, far, inflectional, lasting, living, real

VERB + IMPOVERISHED

become, becomes, can't, isn't, lived, published, remain, seems

IMPOVERISHED + NOUN

adolescents, area, countries, country, drunkard, immigrants, musician, nation

PREP.

from, in

ADV.

hopelessly, mainly

adj

Reduced to poverty.

Having lost a component, an ingredient, a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.

English has an impoverished inflectional system.

[I]t was out of print for 28 years, before an edition (now rare) was published in 1960, impoverished by having all citations removed.

adjective — destroyed financially

adjective — poor enough to need help from others

English has an impoverished inflectional system.

Wiktionary

[I]t was out of print for 28 years, before an edition (now rare) was published in 1960, impoverished by having all citations removed.

Wiktionary

Haiti is a nation that seems hopelessly impoverished.

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The war lasting for years impoverished the country.

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As long as we consider only the growth of goods and ignore the growth of personal and community well-being, we will be impoverished by growth.

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Sami lived in an impoverished area.

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