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impoverished

/ɪmˈpɑvəɹɪʃt/adjective3 syllables

Impoverished means: poor enough to need help from others.

Synonyms for impoverished22

adjective, as in poor enough to need help from others

destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken, poor

adjective, as in destroyed financially

broken, wiped out, destroyed

also used for impoverished

almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic, broke, broker than the Ten Commandments, depauperate, dirt poor, disadvantaged, down and out

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What does impoverished mean?2

adjective

1

poor enough to need help from others

2

destroyed financially“the broken fortunes of the family”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Impoverished in a sentence

  • Impoverished, uneducated adolescents living in rural areas are most affected.The_World_Factbook
  • Haiti is a nation that seems hopelessly impoverished.darinmex
  • The war lasting for years impoverished the country.AKINCI81
  • Impoverished countries may lack the resources to provide clean water and sanitation.mccarras
  • During the dictatorship, many midwives would sell the babies of impoverished people to the highest bidder.DJ_Saidez
  • Sami lived in an impoverished area.OsoHombre
  • Algeria can't become an impoverished nation.Amastan
  • Felix lived in a real impoverished area.Amastan

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