impoverished

CEFRC1

/ɪmˈpɑvəɹɪʃt/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very poor and lacking basic resources.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Having lost a component, an ingredient, a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.

Examples

  • Haiti is a nation that seems hopelessly impoverished.

  • The war lasting for years impoverished the country.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. simple past and past participle of impoverish

  2. Reduced to poverty.

More examples

In context

  • English has an impoverished inflectional system.

  • [I]t was out of print for 28 years, before an edition (now rare) was published in 1960, impoverished by having all citations removed.

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The blank community had no access to clean drinking water.

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