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impoverished

[im-pov-er-isht, -pov-risht]

im·pov·er·ished

[im-pov-er-isht, -pov-risht]
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

un·im·pov·er·ished, adjective


1. See poor.

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im·pov·er·ish

[im-pov-er-ish, -pov-rish]
verb (used with object)
1.
to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
2.
to make poor in quality, productiveness, etc.; exhaust the strength or richness of: Bad farming practices impoverished the soil.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English empoverishen < Middle French empovriss- (long stem of empovrir), equivalent to em- em-1 + povre poor + -iss -ish2

im·pov·er·ish·er, noun
im·pov·er·ish·ment, noun


2. deplete, drain; weaken, enervate, fatigue, cripple.


1, 2. enrich.

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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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