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im·pov·er·ished    Audio Help   [im-pov-er-isht, -pov-risht] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.reduced to poverty.
2.(of a country, area, etc.) having few trees, flowers, birds, wild animals, etc.
3.deprived of strength, vitality, creativeness, etc.: an impoverished attempt at humor.
[Origin: 1625–35; impoverish + -ed2]

—Synonyms 1. See poor.
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im·pov·er·ish    Audio Help   (ĭm-pŏv'ər-ĭsh, -pŏv'rĭsh)  Pronunciation Key 
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 natural richness or strength: impoverish the soil by overuse. See Synonyms at deplete.


[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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im·pov·er·ished    Audio Help   (ĭm-pŏv'ər-ĭsht, -pŏv'rĭsht)  Pronunciation Key 
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.

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impoverished

adjective
1. poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute] 
2. destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family" [syn: broken] 

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