impoverished en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪmˈpɑvəɹɪʃt/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Meanings
- Reduced to poverty.
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Lacking in richness, diversity or health.
The impoverished soil here can not support any crop.
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Lacking in richness, diversity or health. ▸ Having lost a component, ingredient, faculty or feature; rendered poor in some attribute; depleted.
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.
2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 488:
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Lacking in richness, diversity or health. ▸ Represented by few species.
The fossil record from this era is impoverished.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most impoverished | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more impoverished | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
rich · pecunious · affluent · well-off · comfortably off · wealthy · loaded · flush · well-to-do · well-heeled · well off · well-fixed
Deriveds
impoverishedness · impoverishedly · unimpoverished
Hypernyms
Relateds
poverty · underprivileged · unemployed · pauper · underemployed
Synonyms
down at heel · down and out · goodless · oofless · penurious · poor · depauperate · wealthless · stony-broke · down on one's uppers · hard up · broken · necessitous · stuck · lower-class · pinched · insolvent · boracic · broke · moneyless · threadbare · arm · flat · empty-handed · poverty-ridden · pauperized · poor as a church mouse · poor as Job · strapped · impoverished · beggarly · needy · in need · feeling the pinch · skint · pok kai · bankrupt · broker than the Ten Commandments · almsless · stone-broke · possessionless · unwealthy · badly off · disadvantaged · dirt poor · impecunious · indigent · shillingless · farthingless · defective · down on one's luck · poor as a rat · destitute · beggared · poor · poverty-stricken · groatless · penniless
Translations (15)
de verarmt (Reduced to poverty) · ru обедне́вший (Reduced to poverty) · es empobrecido (Reduced to poverty) · fr appauvri (Rendered poor in something) · fr appauvri (Reduced to poverty) · uk збідні́лий (Reduced to poverty) · mk осиромашен (Reduced to poverty) · pt empobrecido (Reduced to poverty) · ru обнища́вший (Reduced to poverty) · uk збі́днений (Rendered poor in something) · kk басынан бағы тайған (Reduced to poverty) · nb utarmet (Reduced to poverty) · kk кедейленген (Reduced to poverty) · it impoverito (Reduced to poverty) · ca empobrit (Reduced to poverty)