impoverishment

im·pov·er·ish

(ĭm-pŏv′ər-ĭsh, -pŏv′rĭsh)

tr.v. im·pov·er·ished, im·pov·er·ish·ing, im·pov·er·ish·es

1. To reduce to poverty; make poor.

2. To deprive of richness or strength: impoverish the soil by overuse.

[Middle English empoverishen, from Old French empovrir, empovriss- : en-, causative pref.; see en-¹ + povre, poor (from Latin pauper; see pauper).]

im·pov′er·ish·ment n.

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Noun	1.	impoverishment - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions poorness, poverty financial condition - the condition of (corporate or personal) finances deprivation, neediness, privation, want - a state of extreme poverty destitution - a state without friends or money or prospects indigence, pauperism, pauperization, penury, need - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness - a state of lacking money
	2.	impoverishment - the act of making someone poor pauperisation, pauperization privation, deprivation - act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"

impoverishment

noun

1. The condition of being extremely poor:

beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, indigence, need, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, poverty, privation, want.

2. The depletion or sapping of strength or energy:

attenuation, debilitation, depletion, devitalization, enervation, enfeeblement.

Translations

إفْقار

ochuzenízbídačení

forarmelse

Verarmung

appauvrissement

gyengülés

òaî aî verîa snauîur

impoverimento

ochudobnenie

fakirleştirmeyoksullaştırma

穷困

impoverishment

[ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃmənt] N → empobrecimiento m; [of land] → agotamiento m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

impoverishment

[ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃmənt] n [country, area] → appauvrissement m
National isolation can only cause economic and cultural impoverishment → L'isolement national ne peut que provoquer un appauvrissement économique et culturel.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

impoverishment

n → Verarmung f; (of soil) → Auslaugung f, → Erschöpfung f; (fig: of culture) → Verkümmerung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

impoverishment

[ɪmˈpɒv/ərɪʃmənt] n → impoverimento

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

impoverish

(imˈpovəriʃ) verb

to make poor.

imˈpoverishment noun

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Prime Minister Khan also directed to give 'Poverty Eradication Programme' the task to eradicate impoverishment from his hometown.

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The looming unregulated rice importations will further exacerbate the hunger and impoverishment of many of our countrymen.

Pass the right to adequate food bill now

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