impoverished
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EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɑvəɹɪʃt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃt/
- Hyphenation: im‧pov‧er‧ished
AdjectiveEdit
impoverished (comparative more impoverished, superlative most impoverished)
- Reduced to poverty.
- Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:impoverished
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
with no possessions or money — see poor
Reduced to poverty
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VerbEdit
impoverished
- simple past tense and past participle of impoverish