impoverished
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6.2
- adjective
- /ɪmˈpɑvərɪʃt/
:
pobre
- Many impoverished families struggle to afford basic necessities such as food and housing.
- impoverished neighborhoods
- impoverished rural areas
- impoverished families
Otherwise equal numbers of impoverished men would be doing it.
- Otherwise equal numbers of impoverished men would be doing it.
- We're not a poor country, we're not impoverished.
- This was a sparsely populated, impoverished area.
- He knows the people whose, you know, like the working class and the most like, you know, impoverished population of his country.
- And she has such a heart for people who are underserved, who are outsiders, who are impoverished.
- You know, you go places and you see some of the most impoverished people smile more than some of the most wealthy people in America.
- In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, even an impoverished community was able to use these tools to voice its aspirations.
- And so you saw, you know, these, these poor impoverished people living off of vegetables.
- It'll be a two class society, rich guys, the robot factories around the world, and impoverished normal humans.
Examples
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The ruling elite exercises total control while the impoverished class is voiceless and powerless.
Fiction book (2002) -
Such women were said to suffer from their impoverished backgrounds and their lack of education.
Academic text (1991) -
So even impoverished people in in North America are rich by world standards.
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I come from an impoverished village.
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As you know, I came from an impoverished family... ...in an impoverished town.
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You know, you go places and you see some of the most impoverished people smile more than some of the most wealthy people in America.
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We have to send food, clothing, machinery, and money to the bitter, impoverished people of the world.
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But none of these groups, representing an impoverished populace, have the resources needed for substantial development programs.
Academic text (1992) -
Apess was born into an impoverished Pequot family in the last few years of the eighteenth century.
Academic text (1999) -
We are a nation incomparable in wealth and power, but impoverished spiritually and psychologically.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having little money or possessions
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1.8
Having no money
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1.5
Without enough food, clothes, or a home and often gets help from others
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7.1
A person who has lost all their money and savings
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3.7
People who do not have enough money, support, or chances to do well
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4.3
Having no money
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8.7
Very poor and without enough money for basic needs
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3.9
Not having basic things like enough food, a safe home, or clean water
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6.5
Very poor and without basic things like food or a home
9
5.1
Very poor and needing help to live
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7.9
Very poor and without money, a job, or a home
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9.9
Having little or no money
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9.9
Very poor and unable to pay for basic needs
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7.6
Having almost no money
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9.3
With no money at all
Poor and without enough food, money or shelter
Having almost no money or things
Very poor and living with almost no money
Having no money to pay for things
Having very few natural things like water or minerals
Antonyms
How Poor
Surface Forms
Morphology
impoverished = impoverish (semi-transparent) = im + pover + ish + ed
Formed from the verb 'impoverish' + -ed; the relation to 'poor/poverty' is visible but 'im-' is a causative/en- type prefix and 'pover-' is not a standalone modern word, so the internal structure is not fully predictable to learners.
Etymology
The word impoverished starts with the prefix im- meaning 'not', and the rest comes from the same root as poverty and poor, which means 'poor'. So impoverished means 'very poor' or 'lacking money or resources'.