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impoverished

  (ĭm-pŏv'ər-ĭsht, -pŏv'rĭsht) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken. See synonyms at poor.
  2. Deprived of natural richness or strength; limited or depleted: an impoverished vocabulary; a region impoverished by drought.

 
 
Thesaurus: impoverished

adjective

  1. Having little or no money or wealth: beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken. Informal broke, strapped. Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers. See rich/poor.
  2. Economically and socially below standard: backward, depressed, deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged. See rich/poor.

 
Antonyms: impoverished

adj

Definition: poor, exhausted
Antonyms: enriched, full, plentiful, rich, wealthy


 
WordNet: impoverished
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: poor enough to need help from others
  Synonyms: destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken

Meaning #2: destroyed financially
  Synonyms: broken, wiped out


 
 

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