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- Dictionaryimpoverished/ɪmˈpɒv(ə)rɪʃt/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or area) made poor: "impoverished villages" Similar Opposite
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not having much or enough money. poor Her family was poor and didn't own a computer. penniless At the time, I was a penniless student. impoverished Benefits should be targeted at the most impoverished families. disadvantaged The scheme was set up to help disadvantaged children. deprived Deprived areas will be hardest hit by the cuts.
The meaning of IMPOVERISHED is reduced to poverty : poor. How to use impoverished in a sentence.
adjective. formal us / ɪmˈpɑː.vɚ.ɪʃt / uk / ɪmˈpɒv. ə r.ɪʃt / Add to word list. very poor: an impoverished young actor. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not having much or enough money. poor Her family was poor and didn't own a computer. penniless At the time, I was a penniless student.
Impoverished describes being really, really poor, either from having no money or being in bad health. A person who lives on the street is impoverished, and a country may become impoverished after a devastating war.
to make someone very poor: The new law is likely to further impoverish single parents. He was made to pay a ruinous fine that impoverished his family. to make something weaker or worse in quality: Excessive farming had impoverished the soil. Our cultural heritage would be impoverished by the absence of Mozart. See. impoverished. Fewer examples.
Impoverished definition: reduced to poverty.. See examples of IMPOVERISHED used in a sentence.
1. : to make poor. 2. : to deprive of strength, richness, or fertility by depleting or draining of something essential. impoverisher noun. impoverishment. im-ˈpä-v (ə-)rish-mənt. noun. Choose the Right Synonym for impoverish. deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency.
