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impoverished adjective 1. poor, needy, destitute, ruined, distressed, bankrupt, poverty-stricken, indigent, impecunious, straitened, penurious, necessitous, in reduced or straitened circumstances The goal is to lure businesses into impoverished areas. poor rich, wealthy, affluent, well-off Translations impoverished [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt] adj → impoverito/a impoverished [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt] adj → impoverito/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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SUCCESSIVE Congresses having greatly impoverished the People, they were discouraged and wept copiously. Above the door was a ventilator, through which volumes of fresh air renewed the impoverished atmosphere of the cell. For myself, I confess that I can pity only Miss Mainwaring; who, coming to town, and putting herself to an expense in clothes which impoverished her for two years, on purpose to secure him, was defrauded of her due by a woman ten years older than herself. |
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