Is impoverished a word


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1 : reduced to poverty : poor an impoverished family/community. 2 : exhausted of richness or fertility impoverished soils. 3 of a fauna or flora : represented by few species or individuals.

Is it OK to use the word impoverished?

Examples of impoverish in a Sentence

The dictator enriched himself but impoverished his people. Poor farming practices impoverished the soil.

What part of speech is the word impoverished?

Poor; reduced to poverty.

What is another word for impoverishment?

In this page you can discover 33 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for impoverishment, like: destitution, impecuniousness, need, neediness, penuriousness, penury, poverty, privation, impecuniosity, beggary and indigence.

What is a poor soul?

Noun. An unfortunate or unhappy person. wretch. unfortunate.

24 related questions found

What does it mean when someone says you poor thing?

«you poor thing» means «poor little soul» -He got a cold. -He poor thing. If you say,»He is a poor thing» you need the article «a», because you deal with the whole sentence, not with an idiomatic phrase.

What does it mean when you say poor?

The definition of poor is having little money or belongings, or lacking something. An example of poor is living below the poverty line. … Poor is defined as people with little to no money or belongings.

What is unenviable mean?

: not desirable or pleasant : not arousing envy : not enviable an unenviable position Kent Alterman, our director, had the unenviable task of herding cats.—

Is Impecuniousness a word?

The condition of being extremely poor: beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impoverishment, indigence, need, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, poverty, privation, want.

What does infallibility mean in literature?

1 : incapable of error : unerring an infallible memory. 2 : not liable to mislead, deceive, or disappoint : certain an infallible remedy. 3 : incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals.

What does the word impoverished mean in a sentence?

not having much or enough money. poorHer family was poor and didn’t own a computer. pennilessAt the time, I was a penniless student. impoverishedBenefits should be given to the most impoverished families.

What is the synonym of intellectually impoverished?

In this page you can discover 49 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for impoverished, like: indigent, poverty-stricken, rich, bereft, necessitous, pauperized, broke, insolvent, poor, bankrupt and ruined.

Can a person be impoverished?

impoverished Add to list Share. 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.

How do you use the word diligent in a sentence?

Diligent Sentence Examples

  1. He was diligent in the matter of temperature control.
  2. They were diligent in the performance of their duties.
  3. From his youth he was diligent in his studies and a great reader, and during his college life showed a marked talent for extemporaneous speaking.

What is the word class of impoverished?

adjective. reduced to poverty. (of a country, area, etc.)

What is the word for having little money?

1. Poor, impecunious, impoverished, penniless refer to those lacking money.

What does the word impecunious mean in English?

: having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless.

What does pecuniary mean in English?

1 : consisting of or measured in money pecuniary aid pecuniary gifts. 2 : of or relating to money pecuniary needs pecuniary rewards.

What does infelicitous mean in English?

: not felicitous: such as. a : not appropriate or well-timed an infelicitous remark. b : awkward, unfortunate an infelicitous moment.

What is the root word of auspicious?

Auspicious comes from Latin auspex, which literally means «bird seer» (from the words avis, meaning «bird,» and specere, meaning «to look at»). … Today, the plural form auspices is often used with the meaning «kindly patronage and guidance.»

What does covetousness mean?

1 : marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another’s possessions He looked at his boss’s new car with covetous eyes. 2 : having a craving for possession covetous of power.

Who is a poor man?

1 —used to refer to someone (such as a performer) who is like another person in some ways but not as talented or successful a young actor who is said to be the poor man’s James Dean.

Is poor a bad word?

Curzan says there are actually three definitions for the word poor. It can mean: People who don’t have enough resources to meet their needs. Bad or shoddy quality.

What does my poor baby mean?

You say it to someone you find unfortuned. Like if your friend had a bad experience you can hug them and say «Oh poor baby» Or if you see a dog tied up outside and it’s cold you can say «Oh poor baby» to the dog. See a translation.

обедневший, обнищавший, обнищалый, жалкий, убогий, истощенный

прилагательное

- бедный; обедневший; доведённый до нищеты

impoverished countries — разорённые страны

- лишённый важнейших качеств, свойств; обеднённый, истощённый

impoverished rubber — утратившая эластичность резина
impoverished soil — истощённая почва
impoverished existence — жалкое существование

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

a decaying, impoverished city environed by affluent suburbs — захиревший и обнищавший город, окружённый богатыми предместьями  
bands of vagrant children in the streets of the impoverished city — шайки беспризорников / беспризорных детей на улицах этого обнищалого города  
impoverished peasantry — разорённое крестьянство  
region impoverished by drought — регион, истощённый засухой  
an impoverished existence — убогое существование  
an impoverished mind — скудный ум; убогий ум  
impoverished blood — малокровие; анемия  
impoverished fuel — отработавшее топливо  
impoverished hair — ослабленные волосы; истощённые волосы  
impoverished layer — обеднённый слой  
impoverished perception — обедненное восприятие  
neutron-impoverished isotope — нейтронно-обедненный изотоп; нейтронообеднённый изотоп  

Примеры с переводом

Poor farming practices impoverished the soil.

Неправильные методы земледелия истощили почву.

The dictator enriched himself but impoverished his people.

Диктатор обогатился сам, но свой народ довёл до нищеты.

The inhabitants were much impoverished by the quartering of soldiers.

Местным жителям был нанесен серьезный урон в связи с тем, что у них были расквартированы солдаты.

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Falling coffee prices have impoverished many Third World economies.

…an impoverished field that over the years had been overgrazed…

…an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins…

…the widespread hope that the lottery’s record-setting jackpot is won by an impoverished family…

Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке , напротив примера.

Возможные однокоренные слова

impoverish  — обеднять, лишать средств, подрывать, доводить до бедности

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    impoverished [ɪmˊpɒvǝrɪʃt]

    1) истощённый;

    2) убо́гий, жа́лкий;

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > impoverished

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    impoverished

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > impoverished

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    impoverished

    [ımʹpɒv(ə)rıʃt]

    1. бедный; обедневший; доведённый до нищеты

    2. лишённый важнейших качеств, свойств; обеднённый, истощённый

    НБАРС > impoverished

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    impoverished

    [ɪm’pɔv(ə)rɪʃt]

    прил.

    1) доведённый до бедности, нищеты; неимущий, бедный; жалкий, убогий

    Syn:

    2) истощённый; лишённый жизнестойкости; подорванный

    Syn:

    3) вырождающийся, выродившийся

    Syn:

    Англо-русский современный словарь > impoverished

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    impoverished

    1. a бедный; обедневший; доведённый до нищеты

    2. a лишённый важнейших качеств, свойств; обеднённый, истощённый

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. backward (adj.) backward; depressed; deprived; disadvantaged; underprivileged

    2. poor (adj.) bankrupt; barren; beggared; broke; depleted; destitute; dirt poor; distressed; flat; fortuneless; impecunious; indigent; insolvent; low; necessitous; needy; penniless; penurious; poor; poverty-stricken; ruined; stone-broke; stony; strapped; underprivileged; unprosperous

    3. depleted (verb) depleted; drained; drew down/drawn down; drew/drawn; exhausted; sapped; use up; used up

    4. ruined (verb) bankrupted; broke; broke/broken; busted; folded up; impoverished; paupered; pauperized; ruined

    English-Russian base dictionary > impoverished

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    impoverished

    1.

    past participle

    of impoverish

    1) истощенный; impoverished soil истощенная почва

    2) убогий, жалкий; an impoverished existence убогое существование

    * * *

    (a) бедный; доведенный до нищеты; истощенный; лишенный важнейших качеств; обедневший; обедненный

    * * *

    доведенный до бедности, нищеты; неимущий, бедный

    * * *

    обедневший, истощенный, жалкий, убогий

    * * *

    захудалый

    обнищавший

    обнищалый

    убогий

    * * *

    1) доведенный до бедности, нищеты; неимущий
    2) истощенный; лишенный жизнестойкости; подорванный (о здоровье)
    3) вырождающийся, выродившийся (о фауне, флоре)

    Новый англо-русский словарь > impoverished

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    impoverished

    прил.

    1. бедный; обедневший; доведенный до нищеты

    2. лишенный важнейших качеств, свойств; обедненный, истощенный

    For the past two decades, illustrations in reading primers have become increasingly detailed and obtrusive, while language has become impoverished — sometimes to the point of extinction.

    Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > impoverished

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    impoverished

    Англо-русский словарь экономических терминов > impoverished

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    impoverished

    Англо-русский словарь по экологии > impoverished

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    impoverished

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > impoverished

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    impoverished

    Англо русский политехнический словарь > impoverished

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    impoverished

    [ɪm`pɔv(ə)rɪʃt]

    доведенный до бедности, нищеты; неимущий, бедный; жалкий, убогий

    истощенный; лишенный жизнестойкости; подорванный

    вырождающийся, выродившийся

    Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > impoverished

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    impoverished

    English-russian biological dictionary > impoverished

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    impoverished

    Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > impoverished

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    impoverished

    English-Russian dictionary of technical terms > impoverished

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    impoverished

    захудалый

    обнищавший

    обнищалый

    убогий

    English-Russian smart dictionary > impoverished

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    impoverished

    English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > impoverished

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    impoverished

    обеднял; обедненный; бедный

    English-Russian big medical dictionary > impoverished

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    impoverished

    English-Russian mining dictionary > impoverished

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    impoverished existence

    impoverished existence убогое существование

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > impoverished existence

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  • impoverished — index bankrupt, deficient, destitute, impecunious, insolvent, penurious, poor (underprivileged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. Will …   Law dictionary

  • impoverished — [adj] poor, exhausted bankrupt, barren, beggared, broke, clean, depleted, destitute, distressed, drained, empty, flat*, flat broke*, have not*, hurting, impecunious, indigent, insolvent, necessitous, needy, penurious, played out*, poverty… …   New thesaurus

  • impoverished — im|pov|er|ished [ ım pav(ə)rıʃt ] adjective 1. ) an impoverished person or place is very poor: a remote and impoverished island 2. ) something that is impoverished has become worse in quality …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • impoverished — UK [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt] / US [ɪmˈpɑv(ə)rɪʃt] adjective 1) an impoverished person or place is very poor a remote and impoverished island 2) something that is impoverished has become worse in quality …   English dictionary

  • impoverished — adjective a) very poor: an impoverished student. b) worse in quality: Our lives would be impoverished without music …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • impoverished — adjective 1) an impoverished peasant farmer Syn: poor, poverty stricken, penniless, destitute, indigent, impecunious, needy, beggared, beggarly, pauperized, down and out, bankrupt, ruined, insolvent; informal (flat) broke, hard up, dirt poor …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Impoverished — Impoverish Im*pov er*ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impoverished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impoverishing}.] [OF. empovrir; pref. em (L. in) + povre poor, F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a , L. ad. Cf. {Empoverish}, and see… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impoverished — /im pov euhr isht, pov risht/, adj. 1. reduced to poverty. 2. (of a country, area, etc.) having few trees, flowers, birds, wild animals, etc. 3. deprived of strength, vitality, creativeness, etc.: an impoverished attempt at humor. [1625 35;… …   Universalium

  • impoverished — adj. Impoverished is used with these nouns: ↑country, ↑neighbourhood …   Collocations dictionary

  • impoverished — /ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt/ (say im povuhrisht), / vrɪʃt/ (say vrisht) adjective 1. reduced to poverty. 2. poor in quality: impoverished soil …  

  • impoverished material — nuskurdintoji medžiaga statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Kokį nors esminį arba naudingą sandą praradusi medžiaga. atitikmenys: angl. depleted material; impoverished material vok. abgereichertes Material, n rus.… …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

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.

Impoverished comes from the Old French word povre, which means “poor,” and you can almost see the word poverty inside impoverished. Living an impoverished life means that your finances and health are not in good shape, and in fact you could die because you can’t support yourself. A corrupt and greedy government makes its citizens impoverished, and too much pollution will create impoverished soil that isn’t healthy enough to grow delicious vegetables.

Definitions of impoverished

  1. adjective

    poor enough to need help from others

    synonyms:

    destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken

    poor

    having little money or few possessions

  2. adjective

    destroyed financially

    synonyms:

    broken, wiped out

    destroyed

    spoiled or ruined or demolished

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1

: reduced to poverty : poor

an impoverished family/community

2

: exhausted of richness or fertility

3

of a fauna or flora

: represented by few species or individuals

Synonyms

Example Sentences



the widespread hope that the lottery’s record-setting jackpot is won by an impoverished family



an impoverished field that over the years had been overgrazed

Recent Examples on the Web

Set in contemporary Nigeria, this novel of radical class divisions examines political and domestic abuse through the stories of Ẹniọlá, a boy from an impoverished family, and Wúràọlá, a wealthy young medical resident who is engaged to the son of an aspiring politician.


Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023





But Alabama’s fastest-shrinking counties in 2022 are all in the Black Belt — a historic but impoverished region that’s long been losing people.


Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 2 Apr. 2023





That’s a lot for a newly jobless, separated and impoverished young woman to take on.


Ron Charles, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023





Many of the children are Kurdish, many impoverished, and now, in the wake of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit this region last week, many are homeless.


Erin O’brien, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2023





There’s also frustration about a slide in living standards, with a fifth of the country now classed as impoverished and suffering recurring food shortages.


Souhail Karam, Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2023





Luna’s sharp turn to the right, her account of an isolated and impoverished childhood, and her embrace of her Hispanic heritage have come as a surprise to some friends and family who knew her before her ascent to the U.S. House this year.


Jacqueline Alemany And Alice Crites, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2023





Kentucky’s rural and impoverished counties held burial mounds, and Washington funded excavations of 48 sites in at least 12 counties to create jobs for the unemployed.


Logan Jaffe, ProPublica, 11 Jan. 2023





The ruling Taliban has signed a deal with a Chinese company to extract oil from northern Afghanistan’s Amu Darya basin as the radical Islamist group attempts to bolster the South Asian nation’s increasingly impoverished and isolated economy.


Diksha Madhok, CNN, 6 Jan. 2023



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Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of impoverished was
in 1611

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“Impoverished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impoverished. Accessed 14 Apr. 2023.

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