impoverished
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impoverished
- /ɪmˈpɑvəɹɪʃt/ US
- /ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃt/ UK
adjective more impoverished · most impoverished
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Reduced to poverty.
Similar: poor
- Lacking in richness, diversity or health. The impoverished soil here can not support any crop.
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Having lost a component, ingredient, faculty or feature; rendered poor in some attribute; depleted.
English has an impoverished inflectional system.
Similar: defective
- Represented by few species. The fossil record from this era is impoverished.
Similar: almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic, broke, broken, broker than the Ten Commandments, depauperate, destitute, dirt poor, disadvantaged, down and out, down at heel, down on one's luck, down on one's uppers, empty-handed, farthingless, feeling the pinch, flat, goodless, groatless, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in need, indigent, insolvent · Opposite: affluent, comfortably off, flush, loaded, opulent, pecunious, rich, stinking rich, wealthy, well-fixed, well-heeled, well off, well-off, well-to-do
verb
- simple past and past participle of impoverish
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: poverty-stricken, poor, indigent, destitute, destroyed, broken, needy, necessitous, wiped out, poverty, deprived, dispossessed, underprivileged, disadvantaged, scarce, powerless
adjective
Similar: almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic, broke, broken, broker than the Ten Commandments, depauperate, destitute, dirt poor, disadvantaged, down and out, down at heel, down on one's luck, down on one's uppers, empty-handed, farthingless, feeling the pinch, flat, goodless, groatless, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in need, indigent, insolvent · Opposite: affluent, comfortably off, flush, loaded, opulent, pecunious, rich, stinking rich, wealthy, well-fixed, well-heeled, well off, well-off, well-to-do
Translations
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adj Reduced to poverty
| Español | empobrecido |
|---|---|
| Português | empobrecido |
| Français | appauvri |
| Deutsch | verarmt |
| Italiano | impoverito |
| Русский | обедне́вший obednévšij, обнища́вший obniščávšij |
adj Rendered poor in something
| Français | appauvri |
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Talk about this word "impoverished." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/impoverished. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. impoverished. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/impoverished "impoverished." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/impoverished.Cite this
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title = {impoverished},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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