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impoverished

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im·pov·er·ished  (m-pvr-sht, -pvrsht)
adj.
1. Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken. See Synonyms at poor.
2. Deprived of natural richness or strength; limited or depleted: an impoverished vocabulary; a region impoverished by drought.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.impoverished - poor enough to need help from others
poor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
2.impoverished - destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family"
destroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"

impoverished
adjective 1. poor, needy, destitute, ruined, distressed, bankrupt, poverty-stricken, indigent, impecunious, straitened, penurious, necessitous, in reduced or straitened circumstances << OPPOSITE rich
adjective 2. depleted, spent, reduced, empty, drained, exhausted, played out, worn out, denuded
Translations
impoverished [ɪmˈpɔvərɪʃt] adjnecesitado; [land] → agotado
impoverished [ɪmˈpɔvərɪʃt] adjpauvre, appauvri(e)
impoverished [ɪmˈpɔvərɪʃt] adjverarmt
impoverished [ɪmˈpɔvərɪʃt] adjimpoverito/a


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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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